Effects of copper on survival of prion protein knockout neurons and glia

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1686-1693

  Brown, David R ^a,b   Schmidt, Bernhard ^a   Kretzschmar, Hans A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Copper chelator; Mouse; Octameric repeat; Oxidative stress; Prion

Indexed keywords

COPPER SULFATE; PRION PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CHELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; GLIA CELL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031905248     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1998.70041686.x     Document Type: Article

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