In vitro conversion and seeded fibrillization of posttranslationally modified prion protein

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 392, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 415-421

  Stöhr, Jan ^a,b   Elfrink, Kerstin ^a   Weinmann, Nicole ^a   Wille, Holger ^b   Willbold, Dieter ^a,c   Birkmann, Eva ^a,c   Riesner, Detlev ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

aggregation; conversion; fibrillization; glycosylation; GPI anchor; prion protein; seeding

Indexed keywords

DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL ANCHORED PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEINASE K; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBER; GLYCOSYLATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY CELL CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHO CELLS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PRPC PROTEINS; PRPSC PROTEINS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE;

CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS;

EID: 79953878923     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2011.048     Document Type: Article

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