Scrapie-infected mice and PrP knockout mice share abnormal localization and activity of neuronal nitric oxide synthase

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1224-1231

  Keshet, Gilmor I ^a   Ovadia, Haim ^a   Taraboulos, Albert ^b   Gabizon, Ruth ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gene ablation; Nitric oxide synthase; Prion; PrP protein; Scrapie

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCRAPIE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PRIONS; SCRAPIE; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

ANIMALIA; SCRAPIE PRION;

EID: 0033012137     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1999.0721224.x     Document Type: Article

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