X-ray diffraction analysis of scrapie prion: Intermediate and folded structures in a peptide containing two putative α-helices

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 268, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 375-389

  Inouye, Hideyo ^a   Kirschner, Daniel A ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Prion diseases; Synthetic peptide; pleated sheet

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE; PRION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CALCULATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; HYDROGEN BOND; MAGNETIC FIELD; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SCRAPIE AGENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALIA; SCRAPIE PRION;

EID: 0031547975     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.0949     Document Type: Article

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