Amyloid formation by recombinant full-length prion proteins in phospholipid bicelle solutions

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 357, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 833-841

  Lührs, Thorsten ^a,b   Zahn, Ralph ^a,c   Wüthrich, Kurt ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c Alicon AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Amyloid; Bicelles; Prion; TSE

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; PEPTIDE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEINASE K; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COW; DOG; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED DEER; SWINE;

BOVINAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33644958800     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.01.016     Document Type: Article

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