Isolation of proteinase K-sensitive prions using pronase E and phosphotungstic acid.

Disease-related prion protein, PrP(Sc), is classically distinguished from its normal cellular precursor, PrP(C), by its detergent insolubility and partial resistance to proteolysis. Molecular diagnosis of prion disease typically relies upon detection of protease-resistant fragments of PrP(Sc) using...

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Main Authors: Laura D'Castro, Adam Wenborn, Nathalie Gros, Susan Joiner, Sabrina Cronier, John Collinge, Jonathan D F Wadsworth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-12-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0015679&type=printable
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