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Protein Kinase Activity of Human Erythrocyte Membranes in Friedreich's Ataxia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

P. Wong
Affiliation:
Department of Neurobiology, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal
A. Barbeau*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurobiology, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal
*
Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, 110 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H2W 1R7
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Proteins of human erythrocyte membranes of Friedrich's ataxia patients and controls were examined by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis before and after reduction withβ-mercaptoethanol. No difference could be detected in the composition of their state of aggregation. The protein kinase activity of human erythrocyte membranes of eleven Friedreich's ataxia patients and six controls was determined. No difference in their protein kinase activity could be detected. These results are discussed with respect to an involvement of a generalized membrane defect in Friedreich's ataxia.

Type
Quebec Cooperative Study of Friedreich's Ataxia
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1980

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