A mechanism for copper inhibition of infectious prion conversion

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Cox, Daniel L ^a   Pan, Jianping ^a   Singh, Rajiv R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; PRION PROTEIN;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELECTRONICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 33745728343     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.083642     Document Type: Article

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