Scrapie and cellular PrP isoforms are encoded by the same chromosomal gene

Cell

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1986, Pages 417-428

  Basler, K ^a   Oesch, B ^a   Scott, M ^b   Westaway, D ^b   Walchli M ^b   Groth, D F ^b   McKinley, M P ^b   Prusiner, S B ^b   Weissmann, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEREDITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SCRAPIE AGENT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CRICETINAE; DNA; MESOCRICETUS; POLY A; PRIONS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PRP 27-30 PROTEIN; RNA, MESSENGER; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; SCRAPIE PRION;

EID: 0022476747     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(86)90662-8     Document Type: Article

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