Tetanus toxin c-fragment: The courier and the cure?

Toxins

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2622-2644

  Toivonen, Janne M ^a   Oliván, Sara ^a   Osta, Rosario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gene therapy; Motor neuron disease; Neurodegenerative disease; Retrograde transport; Tetanus toxin c fragment; Therapeutic molecules

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE A; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CARDIOTROPHIN 1; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLUCOSE OXIDASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; NEUROTOXIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN 1; SYNAPTOBREVIN; TETANUS TOXIN; TETANUS TOXIN C FRAGMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TARGET CELL; TETANIC SPASM;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC THERAPY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; TETANUS TOXIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79952119217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins2112622     Document Type: Review

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