Protein Misfolding and Disease

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Bross, Peter. (Editor ), Gregersen, Niels. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 2003.
Edición:1st ed. 2003.
Colección:Methods in Molecular Biology, 232
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1385/1592593941
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • General Concepts and Models
  • Protein Misfolding, Aggregation, and Degradation in Disease
  • Basic Introduction to In Vivo Protein Folding and Its Defects
  • Cystic Fibrosis
  • ?1-Antitrypsin Deficiency
  • Parkinson’s Disease
  • Aberrant Protein Folding as the Molecular Basis of Cancer
  • Yeast as a Model System to Investigate Protein Conformational Diseases
  • General Methods
  • Expression of Recombinant Proteins
  • Expression in E. coli Systems
  • Protein Expression in Yeasts
  • Site-Directed Mutagenesis
  • Pulse-Chase Labeling Techniques for the Analysis of Protein Maturation and Degradation
  • Techniques in Conformational Disease Research
  • Detection of Aggregates and Protein Inclusions by Staining of Tissues
  • Study of Mutant Proteins With Folding Defects in Cultured Patient Cells
  • E. coli Expression System for Identifying Folding Mutations of Human Adenosine Deaminase
  • Characterization of Overexpressed Mutant Proteins in Mammalian Cells
  • Investigation of Unfolded-Protein Response in Cells Expressing Familial Alzheimer's Disease-Linked Presenilin Variants
  • Huntingtin Fragments Form Aggresome-Like Inclusion Bodies in Mammalian Cells
  • Application of Chemical Chaperones to the Rescue of Folding Defects
  • Analysis of Defective Subunit Interactions Using the Two-Hybrid System
  • Investigation of Folding and Degradation of In Vitro Synthesized Mutant Proteins in the Cytosol
  • Investigation of Folding and Degradation of In Vitro Synthesized Mutant Proteins in Microsomes
  • Investigation of Folding and Degradation of In Vitro Synthesized Mutant Proteins in Mitochondria
  • Investigation of Folding and Degradation of Mutant Proteins Synthesized in Semipermeabilized Cells.