Separation of scrapie prion infectivity from PrP amyloid polymers

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 259, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 608-621

  Wille, Holger ^a   Zhang, Guo Feng ^a   Baldwin, Michael A ^a   Cohen, Fred E ^a,b   Prusiner, Stanley B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Congo red; Electron microscopy; FTIR; HFIP; Scrapie; pleated sheet

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; CONGO RED; PROPANOL; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SCRAPIE AGENT;

SCRAPIE PRION; TRIFLUORO;

EID: 0030596519     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0343     Document Type: Article

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