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Intracellular accumulation of a 46 kDa species of mouse prion protein as a result of loss of glycosylation in cultured mammalian cells.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 13 Oct 2006
Biswas Subhabrata, Langeveld Jan P M, Tipper Donald, Lu Shan
Abstract excerpt
Prion diseases are fatal neurodegenerative disorders characterized by the accumulation of an abnormal isoform (PrPSc) of the normal cellular prion protein (PrPC) in the brain. Reportedly, abnormal N-linked glycosylation patterns in PrPC are associated with disease susceptibility; thus, we compare...
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