Complementary hydropathy identifies a cellular prion protein receptor

Nature Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1376-1382

  Martins, Vilma R ^a   Graner, Edgard ^b   Garcia Abreu, José ^c   De Souza, Sandro J ^b,d   Mercadante, Adriana F ^b   Veiga, Silvio S ^b   Zanata, Silvio M ^a   Neto, Vivaldo Moura ^c   Brentani, Ricardo R ^b  

^a A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

^b LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; PRION PROTEIN; SIALOGLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CELL DEATH; NONHUMAN; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CELLS, CULTURED; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; PRPC PROTEINS; RATS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031466157     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm1297-1376     Document Type: Article

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