Prion variants, species barriers, generation and propagation

Journal of Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Wickner, Reed B ^a   Edskes, Herman K ^a   Shewmaker, Frank ^a   Kryndushkin, Dmitry ^a   Nemecek, Julie ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA SHEET; NONHUMAN; PODOSPORA ANSERINA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN VARIANT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SHORT SURVEY; ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PRION; PRION DISEASE; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 68949213853     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14754924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/jbiol148     Document Type: Short Survey

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