Rapid cell-surface prion protein conversion revealed using a novel cell system

Nature Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Goold, R ^a   Rabbanian, S ^a   Sutton, L ^a   Andre, R ^a   Arora, P ^a   Moonga, J ^a   Clarke, A R ^a   Schiavo, G ^b   Jat, P ^a   Collinge, J ^a   Tabrizi, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; MOUSE; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PRION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TIME; TUMOR CELL LINE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA INTERFERENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955050582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1282     Document Type: Article

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