Nucleic acid induced unfolding of recombinant prion protein globular fragment is pH dependent

Protein Science

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1780-1788

  Bera, Alakesh ^a,b   Nandi, Pradip K ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

denaturation temperature (Tm< inf>); nucleic acids; pH 5; PloyA; prion protein

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; PRION PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA; PRION; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ACIDITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; MOUSE; PRION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ANIMALS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICE; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PRIONS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84928951141     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.2573     Document Type: Article

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