Progress towards structural understanding of infectious sheep PrP-amyloid

Prion

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 344-358

  Müller, Henrik ^a,b   Brener, Oleksandr ^a,b   Andreoletti, Olivier ^c   Piechatzek, Timo ^a,b   Willbold, Dieter ^a,b   Legname, Giuseppe ^d   Heise, Henrike ^a,b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c IHAP   (France)

^d SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyloid fibril; Atomic force microscopy; Infectious diseases; Neurodegenerative diseases; Protein structure; Solid state NMR spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PROTEIN; BRAIN EXTRACT; PRION PROTEIN; AMYLOID; PRION;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BETA SHEET; BIOASSAY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL SHEEP; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; PATHOGENICITY; PRION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SHEEP;

MAMMALIAN PRION; OVIS ARIES;

AMYLOID; ANIMALS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PRIONS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SHEEP;

EID: 84920755041     PISSN: 19336896     EISSN: 1933690X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/19336896.2014.983754     Document Type: Article

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