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Essential role of the prion protein N terminus in subcellular trafficking and half-life of cellular prion protein.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 7 Feb 2003
Nunziante Max, Gilch Sabine, Schätzl Hermann M
Abstract excerpt
Aberrant metabolism and conformational alterations of the cellular prion protein (PrP(c)) are the underlying causes of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in humans and animals. In cells, PrP(c) is modified post-translationally and transported along the secretory pathway to the plasma membrane, where it is attached to the cell surface by a glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor. In surface biotinylation assays...
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