Amino acid sequence and prion strain specific effects on the in vitro and in vivo convertibility of ovine/murine and bovine/murine prion protein chimeras

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease

Volumn 1772, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 704-713

  Kupfer, Leila ^a   Eiden, Martin ^a   Buschmann, Anne ^a   Groschup, Martin H ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

BSE; Conversion; Prion; Scrapie; Species barrier

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEINASE K;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CELL ASSAY; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCRAPIE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATTLE; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SCRAPIE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SHEEP;

BOVINAE; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; OVIS;

EID: 34249948591     PISSN: 09254439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2006.10.009     Document Type: Article

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