Preserving free thiols of intrinsically disordered tau protein without the use of a reducing agent

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 383, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 343-345

  Krajciova, Gabriela ^a   Skrabana, Rostislav ^a,b   Filipcik, Peter ^a,b   Novak, Michal ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NEUROIMMUNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b Axon Neuroscience Forschungs und Entwicklungs GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; PROTEINS; PURIFICATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED PROTEINS; ISOFORMS; NONNATIVE DISULFIDES; PATHOLOGICAL PROCESS; REDUCTANTS; TAU PROTEINS;

REDUCING AGENTS;

ARGON; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDE; REDUCING AGENT; TAU PROTEIN; THIOL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NEUROTOXICITY; NITRATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

RATTUS;

EID: 54249087886     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2008.09.022     Document Type: Article

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