Normal modes of prion proteins: From native to infectious particle

Biochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2243-2248

  Samson, Abraham O ^a,b   Levitt, Michael ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; CONVERSION MECHANISM; HELICAL CONTENT; INFECTIOUS AGENTS; INFECTIOUS PARTICLES; MAD COW DISEASE; NORMAL MODES; PRION PROTEIN; TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES; WILD TYPES;

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

PROTEINS;

PRION PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRIONS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SCRAPIE;

EID: 79952916684     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi1010514     Document Type: Article

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