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ReviewEuropean biophysics journal : EBJ2008

Applications of electron paramagnetic resonance to studies of neurological disease.

John F Boas, Simon C Drew, Cyril C Curtain

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Review in European biophysics journal : EBJ, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

John F BoasSchool of Physics, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia. john.boas@sci.monash.edu.au
Simon C Drew
Cyril C Curtain
Monash University · AUAustralian Regenerative Medicine Institute · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy (EPR) has the potential to give much detail on the structure of the paramagnetic transition ion coordination sites, principally of Cu2+, in a number of proteins associated with central nervous system diseases. Since these sites have been implicated in misfolding/mis-oligomerisation events associated with neurotoxic molecular species and/or the catalysis of damaging redox reactions in neurodegeneration, an understanding of their structure is important to the development of therapeutic agents. Nevertheless EPR, by its nature an in vitro technique, has its limitations in the study of such complex biochemical systems involving self-associating proteins that are sensitive to their chemical environment. These limitations are at the instrumental and theoretical level, which must be understood and the EPR data interpreted in the light of other biophysical and biochemical studies if useful conclusions are to be drawn.

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alpha-SynucleinAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAnimalsBinding SitesCopperDimerizationElectron Spin Resonance SpectroscopyHumansModels, ChemicalModels, MolecularNervous System DiseasesOxidation-ReductionProtein ConformationProtein FoldingSpin Labelsalpha-SynucleinAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorCopperSpin Labels

Identifiers

PMID18256819
OpenAlexW2001591581

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