Structure-function analysis of Nel, a thrombospondin-1-like glycoprotein involved in neural development and functions

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 3282-3291

  Nakamura, Ritsuko ^a   Nakamoto, Chizu ^a   Obama, Hiroya ^b,c,d   Durward, Elaine ^a   Nakamoto, Masaru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXON GUIDANCES; BINDING ACTIVITIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; CYSTEINE-RICH DOMAINS; DIFFERENT DOMAINS; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTORS; EXPRESSION CONSTRUCTS; EXTRACELLULAR GLYCOPROTEINS; GROWTH CONES; HEPARIN BINDING; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; MULTI-MODULAR; MULTIMERIC; N-TERMINALS; NEURAL DEVELOPMENT; OVERLAPPING PATTERNS; RETINAL AXONS; SPATIAL LEARNING; STRUCTURAL SIMILARITY; STRUCTURE-FUNCTION ANALYSIS; THROMBOSPONDIN;

AMINO ACIDS; GLYCOPROTEINS; GROWTH KINETICS; OLIGOMERS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; POLYSACCHARIDES;

PROTEINS;

GROWTH FACTOR; NEURAL EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR LIKE MOLECULE; NEURAL EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR LIKE MOLECULE LIKE 1; THROMBOSPONDIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH CONE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NEL GENE; NELL1 GENE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RETINA NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHICK EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GROWTH CONES; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; THROMBOSPONDIN 1;

EID: 84856279841     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.281485     Document Type: Article

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