Pulling rabbits to reveal the secrets of the prion protein

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 262-266

  Fernandez Funez, Pedro ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Sanchez Garcia, Jonatan ^a   Jensen, Kurt ^a   Zou, Wen Quan ^b   Rincon Limas, Diego E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila models; Neurotoxicity; Prion diseases; Prion protein; Protein structure

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CRICETINAE; EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 79960099910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.4.3.15054     Document Type: Short Survey

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