Expression of cellular prion protein on platelets from patients with gray platelet or Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome and the protein's association with α-granules

Haematologica

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1126-1129

  Holada, Karel ^a   Glierova, Hana ^a   Simak, Jan ^b   Vostal, Jaroslav G ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

granules; Platelets; Prion protein; PrPc

Indexed keywords

PADGEM PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GRAY THROMBOCYTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OCULAR ALBINISM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTOPATHY; UPREGULATION;

BLOOD PLATELETS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; HERMANSKI-PUDLAK SYNDROME; HUMANS; PRIONS; PRPC PROTEINS;

EID: 33747027224     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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