The oleic acid complexes of proteolytic fragments of α-lactalbumin display apoptotic activity

FEBS Journal

Volumn 277, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 163-173

  Tolin, Serena ^a   De Franceschi, Giorgia ^a   Spolaore, Barbara ^a   Frare, Erica ^a   Canton, Marcella ^a   Polverino De Laureto, Patrizia ^a   Fontana, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

lactalbumin; Apoptosis; HAMLET; Oleic acid; Protein fragments

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; BOVINE ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; FATTY ACID; HUMAN ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; OLEIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANION EXCHANGE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; DISULFIDE BOND; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; TUMOR CELL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CATTLE; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; LACTALBUMIN; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; OLEIC ACIDS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BOVINAE;

EID: 73649141377     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07466.x     Document Type: Article

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