Ultrastructural localization of prion proteins: Physiological and pathological implications

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 76-88

  Fournier, Jean Guy ^a   Escaig Haye, Françoise ^a   Grigoriev, Vladimir ^a  

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

Author keywords

Amyloid plaques; Immuno electron microscopy; Non neural tissues; Prion diseases; Synapse

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CELL MEMBRANES; GLYCOPROTEINS; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRASEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; PROTEINS; TISSUE;

AMYLOID PLAQUES; IMMUNO-ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NEURAL TISSUE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS; NON-NEURAL TISSUE; PRION DISEASE; PRION PROTEIN; SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURAL LOCALIZATION;

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

ISOPROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN;

AMYLOIDOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYSOSOME; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0034235594     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0029(20000701)50:1<76::aid-jemt11>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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