Atomic structures suggest determinants of transmission barriers in mammalian prion disease

Biochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2456-2463

  Apostol, Marcin I ^a   Wiltzius, Jed J W ^a   Sawaya, Michael R ^a   Cascio, Duilio ^a   Eisenberg, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC LEVELS; ATOMIC STRUCTURE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE; PATHOLOGICAL CONFORMATIONS; PRION DISEASE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ATOMS; MAMMALS; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

AMYLOID; PRION PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HAMSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRION; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMYLOID; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; MICE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN REFOLDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BOVINAE; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIAN PRION;

EID: 79953183597     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi101803k     Document Type: Article

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