Prion rods contain small amounts of two host sphingolipids as revealed by thin-layer chromatography and mass spectrometry

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 379, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 655-666

  Klein, Thomas R ^a   Kirsch, Dieter ^a   Kaufmann, Raimund ^a   Riesner, Detlev ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lipid analysis; MALDI mass spectrometry; Membrane localization; Prions; Sphingolipids

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; GALACTOSYLCERAMIDE; PRION PROTEIN; SPHINGOLIPID; SPHINGOMYELIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE;

EID: 0031843985     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bchm.1998.379.6.655     Document Type: Article

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