Biophysical characterization of α-synuclein and rotenone interaction

Biomolecules

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 703-732

  Silva, Blanca A ^a   Einarsdóttir, Ólöf ^a   Fink, Anthony L ^a   Uversky, Vladimir N ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL INSTRUMENTATION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Agrochemical; Environmental toxin; Fibrillation; Intrinsically disordered protein; Misfolding; Parkinson's disease; Pesticide; Rotenone; synuclein

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; ROTENONE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 85019505446     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2218273X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/biom3030703     Document Type: Article

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