An aggregation-specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay: Detection of conformational differences between recombinant PrP protein dimers and PrP Sc aggregates

Journal of Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 12355-12364

  Pan, Tao ^a,f   Chang, Binggong ^a   Wong, Poki ^a   Li, Chaoyang ^a   Li, Ruliang ^a   Kang, Shin Chung ^a   Robinson, John D ^a   Thompsett, Andrew R ^b   Tein, Po ^d   Yin, Shaoman ^d   Barnard, Geoff ^e   McConnell, Ian ^e   Brown, David R ^b   Wisniewski, Thomas ^c   Sy, Man Sun ^a  

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

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f Adlyfe Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY PRP; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEINASE K; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BRAIN; DIMERIZATION; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MICE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIONS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PRPSC PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BOVINAE; OVIS;

EID: 25144445814     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.79.19.12355-12364.2005     Document Type: Article

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