Characterization of the prion protein 3F4 epitope and its use as a molecular tag

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 183-190

  Lund, Christoffer ^a   Olsen, Christel Moræus ^a   Tveit, Heidi ^b   Tranulis, Michael A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

3F4; Antibody; Epitope; GFP; Prion; PrP; Tag; Truncated

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASPARAGINE; HISTIDINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 3F4; PEPTIDE; PRION PROTEIN; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CRICETINAE; EPITOPES; IMMUNOASSAY; LYSINE; MICE; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDES; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; PROTEIN BINDING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34547702317     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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