Article
The primary structure of the prion protein influences the distribution of abnormal prion protein in the central nervous system.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Aug 1992
Kitamoto T, Doh-ura K, Muramoto T, Miyazono M, Tateishi J
Abstract excerpt
We immunohistochemically examined tissue sections from patients with prion protein (PrP) polymorphism using hydrolytic autoclaving enhancement. Abnormal PrP accumulations could be classified into plaque formations (plaque-type) and the diffuse gray matter stainings including synaptic structures (...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Central Nervous System
- Codon
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome
- Dementia
- Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Molecular Probes
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
