Prion and prejudice: Normal protein and the synapse

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 85-90

  Brown, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GLYCOPROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; COPPER METABOLISM; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; NERVE FUNCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0035254585     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2236(00)01689-1     Document Type: Review

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