From protein to peptides: A spectrum of non-hydrolytic functions of acetylcholinesterase

Protein and Peptide Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 165-172

  Halliday, Amy C ^a   Greenfield, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Adhesion; Apoptosis; Neurogenesis; Non hydrolytic function; Signalling peptide

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE READ THROUGH PEPTIDE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE RECEPTOR; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE T; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; CHOLINESTERASE; PEPTIDE; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURITES; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEINS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84858846990     PISSN: 09298665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986612799080149     Document Type: Article

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