Aggregation and amyloid fibril formation of the prion protein is accelerated in the presence of glycogen

Rejuvenation Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 365-369

  Panza, Giannantonio ^a   Stöhr, Jan ^a   Birkmann, Eva ^a,b   Riesner, Detlev ^a   Willbold, Dieter ^a,b   Baba, Otto ^c   Terashima, Tatsuo ^c   Dumpitak, Christian ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; GLYCOGEN; PRION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

AMYLOID; ANIMALS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRICETINAE; GLYCOGEN; MESOCRICETUS; PRIONS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 42649106136     PISSN: 15491684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/rej.2008.0698     Document Type: Article

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