Prion protein and its role in signal transduction

Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 209-230

  Didonna, Alessandro ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AKT; Calcium; MAP kinases; PKA; PKC; Prion; Signaling; Src

Indexed keywords

2',3' CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE 3' PHOPHODIESTERASE; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL ANCHORED PROTEIN; LAMININ; LAMININ RECEPTOR; LAMININ RECEPTOR PRECURSOR; M6 A; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MYELIN ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NEUROFASCIN; P0 GLYCOPROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN KINASE FYN; STRESS INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HUMAN; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRION DISEASE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84877630656     PISSN: 14258153     EISSN: 16891392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11658-013-0085-0     Document Type: Review

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