Search for a nuclear localization signal in the prion protein

Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 127-133

  Jaegly, Alexandre ^a   Mouthon, Franck ^a   Peyrin, Jean Michel ^a   Camugli, Bertrand ^a   Deslys, Jean Philippe ^a   Dormont, Dominique ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIMIAN VIRUS 40;

EID: 0031806609     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcne.1998.0675     Document Type: Article

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