Horse Prion Protein NMR Structure and Comparisons with Related Variants of the Mouse Prion Protein

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 400, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-128

  Pérez, Daniel R ^a   Damberger, Fred F ^a   Wüthrich, Kurt ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cellular horse prion protein; NMR structure determination; Protein structure; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy; 2 2 loop

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SCRAPIE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 77953808355     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.04.066     Document Type: Article

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