Localization and functional analyses of the MLC1 protein involved in megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 2581-2594

  Teijido, Oscar ^a   Martínez, Albert ^a   Pusch, Michael ^b   Zorzano, Antonio ^a   Soriano, Eduardo ^a   del Río, Jose Antonio ^a   Palacín, Manuel ^a   Estévez, Raúl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); CURCUMIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL CONTACT; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; EPENDYMA; GENE MUTATION; GLIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEGALENCEPHALIC LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY WITH SUBCORTICAL CYST; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PIA MATER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; AXONS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL EXTRACTS; CELL MEMBRANE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; CURCUMIN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EPENDYMA; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELA CELLS; HEREDODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MUTATION; NEURONS; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PIA MATER; XENOPUS;

EID: 8444225362     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddh291     Document Type: Article

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