Differential stability of the bovine prion protein upon urea unfolding

Protein Science

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2172-2182

  Julien, Olivier ^a   Chatterjee, Subhrangsu ^a   Thiessen, Angela ^a   Graether, Steffen P ^b   Sykes, Brian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

NMR; PrP; Stability; Structural conversion; Urea unfolding

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UREA;

ALPHA HELIX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; PRIONS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS; UREA;

BOVINAE;

EID: 70349454224     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.231     Document Type: Article

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