Species-barrier phenomenon in prion transmissibility from a viewpoint of protein science

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 139-145

  Hagiwara, Ken'ichi ^a   Hara, Hideyuki ^a,b   Hanada, Kentaro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

amyloid; left handed parallel helix; prion; species barrier; spiral model

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRION; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW; SPECIES COMPARISON; VARIANT CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE;

AMYLOID; ANIMALS; CATTLE; GOATS; HUMANS; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; SHEEP; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 84878188613     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: 17562651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvs148     Document Type: Review

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