Polypeptide chain folding in the hydrophobic core of hamster scrapie prion: Analysis by X-ray diffraction

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 247-255

  Inouye, Hideyo ^a   Kirschner, Daniel A ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Prion diseases; Synthetic peptide; X ray diffraction; pleated sheet

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PH; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; SCRAPIE AGENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CRICETINAE; SCRAPIE PRION;

EID: 0031707767     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1998.3998     Document Type: Article

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