Characterization of prion-like conformational changes of the neuronal isoform of Aplysia CPEB

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 495-501

  Raveendra, Bindu L ^a,b   Siemer, Ansgar B ^a,c   Puthanveettil, Sathyanarayanan V ^a,b   Hendrickson, Wayne A ^a   Kandel, Eric R ^a   McDermott, Ann E ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASMIC POLYADENYLATION ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; OLIGOMER; PRION PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CALIBRATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; APLYSIA; KINETICS; NEURONS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; POWDER DIFFRACTION; PRIONS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEOLYSIS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

APLYSIA; APLYSIA CALIFORNICA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 84876167033     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2503     Document Type: Article

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