Distinct stability states of disease-associated human prion protein identified by conformation-dependent immunoassay

Journal of Virology

Volumn 84, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 12030-12038

  Choi, Young Pyo ^a   Peden, Alexander H ^a   Gröner, Albrecht ^b   Ironside, James W ^a   Head, Mark W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CSL BEHRING GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; GERSTMANN STRAUSSLER SCHEINKER SYNDROME; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 78049519681     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01057-10     Document Type: Article

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