Correlation of structural elements and infectivity of the HET-s prion

Nature

Volumn 435, Issue 7043, 2005, Pages 844-848

  Ritter, Christiane ^a   Maddelein, Marie Lise ^b   Siemer, Ansgar B ^c   Lührs, Thorsten ^a   Ernst, Matthias ^c   Meier, Beat H ^c   Saupe, Sven J ^b   Riek, Roland ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b Institut de Biochimie et Genetique Cellulaires   (France)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; DISEASES; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROGEN; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTEINS; QUENCHING; YEAST;

HOST-ENCODED PROTEINS; PRIONS; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS;

POLYMERS;

AMYLOID; HYDROGEN; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN HET S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROLINE;

BIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DEUTERIUM HYDROGEN EXCHANGE; FLUORESCENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PODOSPORA; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

HET-S PRION; PODOSPORA; PODOSPORA ANSERINA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID; DEUTERIUM EXCHANGE MEASUREMENT; FLUORESCENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PODOSPORA; PRIONS; PROLINE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 20444458341     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03793     Document Type: Article

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