Investigation of PrPC metabolism and function in live cells

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 459, Issue , 2008, Pages 21-34

  Haigh, Cathryn L ^a   Brown, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colocalization; Confocal imaging; Dichlorodihydrofluorescein diace tate (DCFDA); Native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE); Reactive oxygen species (ROS); Trafficking.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934436755     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-234-2_2     Document Type: Article

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