A conformational transition at the N terminus of the prion protein features in formation of the scrapie isoform

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 273, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 614-622

  Peretz, David ^a   Williamson, R Anthony ^c   Matsunaga, Yoichi ^a   Serban, Hana ^a   Pinilla, Clemencia ^d   Bastidas, Raiza B ^c   Rozenshteyn, Roman ^c   James, Thomas L ^b   Houghten, Richard A ^d   Cohen, Fred E ^a   Prusiner, Stanley B ^a   Burton, Dennis R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d TORREY PINES INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformational rearrangement; Liposome; Prion disease; Recombinant antibody; Scrapie

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; PRION PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SCRAPIE;

SCRAPIE PRION;

EID: 0031592937     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1328     Document Type: Article

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