Species-independent inhibition of abnormal prion protein (PrP) formation by a peptide containing a conserved PrP sequence

Journal of Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 6245-6250

  Chabry, Joëlle ^a,c   Priola, Suzette A ^a   Wehrly, Kathy ^a   Nishio, Jane ^a   Hope, James ^a,d   Chesebro, Bruce ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN; PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HAMSTER; MOUSE; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRION; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SCRAPIE AGENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS RESISTANCE;

EID: 0032775473     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.8.6245-6250.1999     Document Type: Article

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