Cytotoxicity of prion protein peptide (PrP106-126) differs in mechanism from the cytotoxic activity of the Alzheimer's disease amyloid peptide, Aβ25-35

Neurodegeneration

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-11

  Hope, James ^a   Shearman, Mark S ^b   Baxter, Helen C ^a   Chong, Angela ^a   Kelly, Sharon M ^c   Price, Nicholas C ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Circular dichroism; Cytotoxicity; MTT reduction; Prion protein

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL LINE; CELL VIABILITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CYTOTOXICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION;

EID: 0029964280     PISSN: 10558330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/neur.1996.0001     Document Type: Article

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