Conformational change, aggregation and fibril formation induced by detergent treatments of cellular prion protein

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 669-678

  Xiong, Liang Wen ^a   Raymond, Lynne D ^a   Hayes, Stanley F ^a   Raymond, Gregory J ^a   Caughey, Byron ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Circular dichroism; Detergents; Fibrils; Fluorescence; Infrared; Prion protein

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; DETERGENT; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; PRION PROTEIN; SARKOSYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; EXCITATION; FIBER; FLUORESCENCE; HAMSTER; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRICETINAE; DETERGENTS; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MESOCRICETUS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PRIONS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SARCOSINE;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034758223     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2001.00606.x     Document Type: Article

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