Prion and anti-codon usage: Does infectious PrP alter tRNA abundance to induce misfolding of PrP?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 193-195

  Rechavi, Oded ^a   Kloog, Yoel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN P; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN 1; PRION PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTICODON; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; PRION; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CODON; HUMANS; PRIONS; PROTEIN FOLDING; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 57749205621     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.07.051     Document Type: Article

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