Cellular prion protein: From physiology to pathology

Viruses

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3109-3131

  Yusa, Sei Ichi ^a   Oliveira Martins, José B ^a,b   Sugita Konishi, Yoshiko ^a   Kikuchi, Yutaka ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

C1; Neurodegenerative disease; Prion; Proteolytic cleavage

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SECRETASE; AMINO ACID; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; BETA SECRETASE; CELLULAR PRION PROTEIN; DOPPEL PROTEIN; GAMMA SECRETASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; SHADOO PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BIOACCUMULATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DEMYELINATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRION DISEASE; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GPI-LINKED PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PRION DISEASES; PRPC PROTEINS;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 84870598231     PISSN: 19994915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/v4113109     Document Type: Review

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