Characterization of conformation-dependent prion protein epitopes

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 44, 2012, Pages 37219-37232

  Kang, Hae Eun ^a   Weng, Chu Chun ^b   Saijo, Eri ^a,b   Saylor, Vicki ^b   Bian, Jifeng ^a   Kim, Sehun ^a   Ramos, Laylaa ^a   Angers, Rachel ^a   Langenfeld, Katie ^c   Khaychuk, Vadim ^a   Calvi, Carla ^a   Bartz, Jason ^c   Hunter, Nora ^d   Telling, Glenn C ^a,b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONAL EPITOPES; GLOBULAR DOMAINS; IMMUNOREACTIVITIES; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY EPITOPES; PRION PROTEIN; STRUCTURAL REORGANIZATION; TERTIARY STRUCTURES;

AMINO ACIDS; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES; PROTEINS;

ANTIGENS;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ASPARAGINE; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY PRC5; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY PRC7; PRION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPITOPE MAPPING; GLYCOSYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; CATTLE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DEER; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES; HUMANS; HYBRIDOMAS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PRPC PROTEINS; PRPSC PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SAIMIRI; SEQUENCE DELETION; SHEEP;

EID: 84868253461     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.395921     Document Type: Article

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