Definable equilibrium states in the folding of human prion protein

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 50, 2005, Pages 16649-16657

  Hosszu, Laszlo L P ^a,b   Wells, Mark A ^a,b   Jackson, Graham S ^a   Jones, Samantha ^a   Batchelor, Mark ^a   Clarke, Anthony R ^a,c   Craven, C Jeremy ^b   Waltho, Jonathan P ^b   Collinge, John ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CONFORMATIONS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEINS;

CHEMICAL SHIFT; CONFORMATIONAL INTERMEDIATES; HUMAN PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

GUANIDINE; PRION PROTEIN;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

DISULFIDES; GUANIDINE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PRPC PROTEINS;

EID: 29244477537     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi051277k     Document Type: Article

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