The expression of prion protein (PrPC) in the megakaryocyte lineage

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1266-1273

  Starke, Richard ^a   Harrison, P ^b   Mackie, I ^a   Wang, G ^c   Erusalimsky, J D ^c   Gale, R ^a   Masse J M ^d   Cramer, E ^d   Pizzey, A ^a   Biggerstaff, J ^e   Machin, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cd34+ cells; Megakaryocytes; Platelets; Prion protein; Variant creutzfeldt jacob disease

Indexed keywords

PADGEM PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CD34 SELECTION; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINEAGE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MEGAKARYOCYTE; POLYPLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GRANULE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; THROMBOCYTE;

ANTIGENS, CD34; BLOOD PLATELETS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MEGAKARYOCYTES; PRPC PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 24944553749     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2005.01343.x     Document Type: Article

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