The polysaccharide scaffold of PrP 27-30 is a common compound of natural prions and consists of α-linked polyglucose

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 386, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1149-1155

  Dumpitak, Christian ^a   Beekes, Michael ^b   Weinmann, Nicole ^a   Metzger, Sabine ^a   Winklhofer, Konstanze F ^c   Tatzelt, Jörg ^c   Riesner, Detlev ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Corpora amylacea; Glycogen; Prion; Scrapie; V helix

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; GLUCOSE POLYMER; GLYCOGEN; POLYSACCHARIDE; PRION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CRICETINAE; GLUCANS; GLYCOSYLATION; MICE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PRIONS; PRP 27-30 PROTEIN; STEREOISOMERISM;

CRICETINAE;

EID: 28244481850     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2005.131     Document Type: Article

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