Molecular biology of prion protein and its first homologous protein

Journal of Medical Investigation

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 211-223

  Sakaguchi, Suehiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Knockout mice; Neurodegeneration; Prion; Prion protein; Prion protein like protein

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; ISOPROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CEREBELLUM; GLIA; INCUBATION TIME; ISCHEMIA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRION DISEASE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; PURKINJE CELL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STOICHIOMETRY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE DEGENERATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRION;

MUS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; PURKINJE CELLS;

EID: 35848961011     PISSN: 13431420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2152/jmi.54.211     Document Type: Review

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