The structure of the infectious prion protein Experimental data and molecular models

Prion

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Requena, Jesús R ^a   Wille, Holger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amyloid; A helix; B helix; B solenoid; Modeling

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; HYDROGEN; PRION PROTEIN;

DELETION MUTANT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; LIMITED PROTEOLYSIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE REACTIVITY; X RAY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY FIBER DIFFRACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEOLYSIS; PRPSC PROTEINS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84896908507     PISSN: 19336896     EISSN: 1933690X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/pri.28368     Document Type: Review

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