Structure of mammalian prions

Future Virology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 295-307

  Requena, Jesús R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cross linking; Electron microscopy; FTIR; HET s; Limited proteolysis; Prion; Prion strains; Proteinase K; PrPSc structure

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN; PROTEINASE K;

ALPHA HELIX; ANTIBODY LABELING; BETA SHEET; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIAN PRION; SOLENOIDEA;

EID: 70350119663     PISSN: 17460794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fvl.09.8     Document Type: Review

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