Toward a mechanism of prion misfolding and structural models of PrP Sc: Current knowledge and future directions

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 74, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 154-160

  Guest, Will C ^a   Plotkin, Steven S ^b   Cashman, Neil R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCAN; PRION PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIPIDS; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PRPSC PROTEINS; SALINITY;

EID: 78651369547     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2011.529065     Document Type: Article

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