What makes a good prion?

EMBO Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 254-258

  Saupe, Sven J ^a   Supattapone, Surachai ^b  

^a Institut de Biochimie et Genetique Cellulaires   (France)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PROTEIN; ANTIPRION AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; NEW DRUG; PRION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; APOPTOSIS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRION; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; YEAST; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; ORGANIZATION; PATHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CONGRESSES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; NEW HAMPSHIRE; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS;

EID: 33645752278     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400642     Document Type: Conference Paper

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