The mysterious C-terminal tail of alpha-synuclein: Nanobody's guess

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 425, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 2393-2396

  Eliezer, David ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; NANOBODY;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; BIOGENESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; LEWY BODY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NOTE; PARKINSON DISEASE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84879551862     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2013.03.031     Document Type: Note

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