Mapping the functional domain of the prion protein

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 270, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 3368-3376

  Cui, Taian ^a   Daniels, Maki ^b   Wong, Boon Seng ^c   Li, Ruliang ^c   Sy, Man Sun ^c   Sassoon, Judyth ^a   Brown, David R ^a,b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper; Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Oxidative stress; Scrapie; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; COPPER; COPPER BINDING PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; METAL BINDING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COPPER; MICE; PRIONS; SEQUENCE DELETION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 0042477520     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03717.x     Document Type: Article

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