The N-terminal cleavage site of PrPSc from BSE differs from that of PrPSc from scrapie

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 328, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1024-1027

  Hayashi, Hiroko K ^a   Yokoyama, Takashi ^a   Takata, Masuhiro ^a   Iwamaru, Yoshifumi ^a   Imamura, Morikazu ^a   Ushiki, Yuko K ^a,b   Shinagawa, Morikazu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NIPPI RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BIOMATRIX   (Japan)

Author keywords

BSE; N terminus; Prion; PrPSc; PrPcore; Scrapie

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ISOPROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN SC; PROTEINASE K; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SCRAPIE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 13744252460     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.01.065     Document Type: Article

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