Prion proteins: Evolution and preservation of secondary structure

FEBS Letters

Volumn 412, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 429-432

  Kuznetsov, Igor B ^a   Morozov, Pavel S ^a   Matushkin, Yuri G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Evolution; Phylogenetic analysis; Prion protein; Secondary structure prediction

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; PHYLOGENY; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PRIONS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 0030751063     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(97)00810-7     Document Type: Article

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