Browsing Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics by Author "Greenwood, Jeffrey A."

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Calpain 2 proteolysis regulates glioblastoma cell invasion

Lal, Sangeet Kumar (2011-02-01)

Glioblastoma is the most malignant primary brain tumor with the average patients surviving only one year after diagnosis, even with aggressive therapy. The formation of numerous micro-tumors dispersed into the brain du ...
CRP1, a Protein Localized in Filopodia of Growth Cones, Is Involved in Dendritic Growth

Ma, Liping; Greenwood, Jeffrey A.; Schachner, Melitta (Society for Neuroscience, 2011-11-16)

The cysteine-rich protein (CRP) family is a subgroup of LIM domain proteins. CRP1, which cross-links actin filaments to make actin bundles, is the only CRP family member expressed in the CNS with little known about its f ...
Measuring protein metal binding via mass spectrometry : copper, zinc superoxide dismutase and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Rhoads, Timothy W. (2012-07-06)

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating disease characterized by the progressive degeneration of motor neurons. Dominantly-inherited mutations to the antioxidant enzyme Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) caus ...