Alcohol oxidase (AOX1) from Pichia pastoris is a novel inhibitor of prion propagation and a potential ATPase

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 702-716

  Zhang, Hong ^a,b   Loovers, Harriët M ^c   Xu, Li Qiong ^a,b   Wang, Mingzhu ^a,b   Rowling, Pamela J E ^d   Itzhaki, Laura S ^d   Gong, Weimin ^a   Zhou, Jun Mei ^a   Jones, Gary W ^c   Perrett, Sarah ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d HUTCHISON MRC RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ALCOHOL OXIDASE; GENOMIC DNA;

ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PICHIA PASTORIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SACCHAROMYCES CARLSBERGENSIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; YEAST CELL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PICHIA; PRIONS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

PICHIA PASTORIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 58449110347     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06557.x     Document Type: Article

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