Prion protein aggregation and fibrillogenesis in vitro

Subcellular Biochemistry

Volumn 65, Issue , 2012, Pages 91-108

  Stöhr, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Prion; Protein misfolding amplification (PMCA); PrP C; PrP Sc

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; PRION PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PRION DISEASE; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PRION DISEASES; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PRPC PROTEINS; PRPSC PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84894469743     PISSN: 03060225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5416-4_5     Document Type: Article

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