1993
Phosphorylation of elongation factor 2 in normal and malignant rat glial cells.
Bagaglio DM, Cheng EH, Gorelick FS, Mitsui K, Nairn AC, Hait WN. Phosphorylation of elongation factor 2 in normal and malignant rat glial cells. Cancer Research 1993, 53: 2260-4. PMID: 8485712.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCalciumCalcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein KinasesCalmodulinCell DivisionCells, CulturedElongation Factor 2 KinaseGliomaMaleNeurogliaPeptide Elongation Factor 2Peptide Elongation FactorsPhosphorylationPrecipitin TestsProtein KinasesRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyTrifluoperazineTumor Cells, CulturedConceptsRat brain white matterNormal glial tissueGlial tissueGlioma cellsC6 cellsC6 rat glioma cellsCaM kinase IIIRat glial cellsFactor 2Rat glioma cellsBrain white matterNormal gliaElongation factor 2Glial cellsRat brainWhite matterTumor tissueBasal levelsIII activityCellular proliferationTissueDependent proteinsCellsEndogenous substratesHomogenates
1992
Increased phosphorylation of elongation factor 2 in Alzheimer's disease
Johnson G, Gotlib J, Haroutunian V, Bierer L, Nairn A, Merril C, Wallace W. Increased phosphorylation of elongation factor 2 in Alzheimer's disease. Brain Research 1992, 15: 319-326. PMID: 1331687, DOI: 10.1016/0169-328x(92)90124-t.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisease brainAlzheimer's diseaseAlzheimer's disease brainFactor 2AD homogenatesAD tissueElongation factor 2Brain homogenatesSame brainDiseaseVariant isoformsProtein synthesisPhosphorylated formInhibits protein synthesisBrainUnaffected areasHomogenatesAcidic isoformsPhosphorylationGene expressionEF-2