Deletion of the amino-terminal domain of the prion protein does not impair prion protein-dependent neuronal differentiation and neuritogenesis

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 806-819

  Barenco, Maria Grazia ^a   Valori, Chiara F ^b   Roncoroni, Chiara ^b   Loewer, Johannes ^a   Montrasio, Fabio ^a   Rossi, Daniela ^b  

^a PAUL EHRLICH INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immortalization; Neuritogenesis; Neuronal differentiation; Prion protein; SV40 large T antigen

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN; VIRUS LARGE T ANTIGEN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; STEM CELL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLUTAMIC ACID; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURITES; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASES; PRPC PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; TEMPERATURE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 62849102863     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21894     Document Type: Article

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