Analysis of the prion protein in primates reveals a new polymorphism in codon 226 (Y226F)

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 383, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1021-1025

  Glatzel, Markus ^a   Pekarik, Vladimir ^a   Lührs, Thorsten ^a   Dittami, John ^a   Aguzzi, Adriano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Polymorphism; Primate; Prions; Prnp; PrP

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10; METHIONINE; PRION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CODON; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE LOCATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; MACACA; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIMATE; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RHESUS MONKEY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMYLOID; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CODON; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRIMATES; PRIONS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0036339481     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2002.109     Document Type: Article

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