Disruption of prion rods generates 10-nm spherical particles having high α-helical content and lacking scrapie infectivity

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1714-1722

  Riesner, Detlev ^a   Kellings, Klaus ^a   Post, Karin ^a   Wille, Holger ^b   Serban, Hana ^b   Groth, Darlene ^b   Baldwin, Michael A ^b   Prusiner, Stanley B ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; DETERGENT; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRION; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SHEEP DISEASE; SOLUBILITY; VIRUS INFECTIVITY;

EID: 0030026759     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.3.1714-1722.1996     Document Type: Article

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