The cellular prion protein binds copperin vivo

Nature

Volumn 390, Issue 6661, 1997, Pages 684-687

  Brown, David R ^a   Qin, Kefeng ^b   Herms, Jochen W ^a   Madlung, Axel ^a   Manson, Jean ^c   Strome, Robert ^b   Fraser, Paul E ^b   Kruck, Theo ^b   Von Bohlen, Alex ^d   Schulz Schaeffer, Walter ^a   Giese, Armin ^a   Westaway, David ^b   Kretzschmar, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c AFRC & MRC Neuropathogenesis Unit   (United Kingdom)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR ANALYTISCHE WISSENSCHAFTEN ISAS E V   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; PRION PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; CELL FRACTIONATION; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOSOME; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SCRAPIE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; COPPER; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUSCLES; PROTEIN BINDING; PRPC PROTEINS; PURKINJE CELLS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0031444294     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/37783     Document Type: Article

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