RepA-WH1 prionoid: A synthetic amyloid proteinopathy in a minimalist host

Prion

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 60-64

  Giraldo, Rafael ^a   Moreno Díaz De La Espina, Susana ^a   Fernández Tresguerres, M Elena ^a   Gasset Rosa, Fátima ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging in bacteria; Amyloid proteinopathy; Bacterial prionoid; RepA WH1; Synthetic prionoid

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN REPA WH1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYLOIDOSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NOTE; PRION; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMYLOID; AMYLOIDOSIS; DNA HELICASES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PRIONS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79959427934     PISSN: 19336896     EISSN: 1933690X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/pri.5.2.14913     Document Type: Note

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