Expression of PrPC as HIS-fusion form in a baculovirus system and conversion of expressed PrP-sen to PrP-res in a cell-free system

Virus Research

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 145-153

  Zhang, Fu Ping ^a   Zhang, Jin ^a   Zhou, Wei ^a   Zhang, Bao Yun ^a   Hung, Tao ^a   Dong, Xiao Ping ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Baculovirus; Cell free conversion; HIS fusion; Prion; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; ISOPROTEIN; METHIONINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEINASE;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; BACULOVIRUS EXPRESSION SYSTEM; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PURIFICATION; SCRAPIE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACULOVIRIDAE; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRICETINAE; HUMANS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PRPC PROTEINS; PRPSC PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPODOPTERA; VIRUS CULTIVATION;

CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0036676089     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1702(02)00089-8     Document Type: Article

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