The charge structure of helix 1 in the prion protein regulates conversion to pathogenic PrPSc

Journal of Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 8521-8529

  Norstrom, Eric M ^a   Mastrianni, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN COS7; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUTATION; NEUROBLASTOMA; PRIONS; PRPC PROTEINS; PRPSC PROTEINS;

MURINAE;

EID: 33748644012     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00366-06     Document Type: Article

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