Selective precipitation of prions by polyoxometalate complexes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 40, 2005, Pages 13802-13803

  Lee, In Su ^a,b   Long, Jeffrey R ^a,b   Prusiner, Stanley B ^b,c   Safar, Jiri G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; IMMUNOASSAY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRECIPITATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TISSUE HOMOGENATE;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PRIONS; SILICON; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; ZINC;

EID: 26444434251     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja055219y     Document Type: Article

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