The epididymal soluble prion protein forms a high-molecular-mass complex in association with hydrophobic proteins

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 392, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 211-219

  Ecroyd, Heath ^a,c   Belghazi, Maya ^b   Dacheux, Jean Louis ^a   Gatti, Jean Luc ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cauda epididymal plasma; Clusterin; Epididymis; Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor; Hydrophobic protein; Prion protein (PRP)

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BRAIN; COMPLEXATION; ETHANOL; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNOLOGY;

CAUDA EPIDIDYMAL PLASMA; CLUSTERIN; EPIDIDYMIS; GLYOCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL (GPI) ANCHOR; HYDROPHOBIC PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN (PRP);

ENZYMES;

BACTERIAL PERMEABILITY INCREASING PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA MANNOSIDASE; CAUXIN; CLUSTERIN; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; LIPOPROTEIN; MERCAPTOETHANOL; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4,5 BISPHOSPHATE PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYMATIC ASSAY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IONIC STRENGTH; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLUSTERIN; EPIDIDYMIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PRIONS; PROTEIN BINDING; SHEEP; SOLUBILITY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 28044462912     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20050459     Document Type: Article

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