Biochemistry and structure of PrPC and PrPSc

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 66, Issue , 2003, Pages 21-33

  Riesner, Detlev ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE POLYMER; LIPID; NUCLEIC ACID; PRION PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PRION PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LIPID ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SCRAPIE; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROSCOPY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CRICETINAE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PRP 27-30 PROTEIN; PRPC PROTEINS; PRPSC PROTEINS; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 0141515202     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/66.1.21     Document Type: Review

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