Glycoform-selective prion formation in sporadic and familial forms of prion disease.

The four glycoforms of the cellular prion protein (PrP(C)) variably glycosylated at the two N-linked glycosylation sites are converted into their pathological forms (PrP(Sc)) in most cases of sporadic prion diseases. However, a prominent molecular characteristic of PrP(Sc) in the recently identified...

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Main Authors: Xiangzhu Xiao, Jue Yuan, Stéphane Haïk, Ignazio Cali, Yian Zhan, Mohammed Moudjou, Baiya Li, Jean-Louis Laplanche, Hubert Laude, Jan Langeveld, Pierluigi Gambetti, Tetsuyuki Kitamoto, Qingzhong Kong, Jean-Philippe Brandel, Brian A Cobb, Robert B Petersen, Wen-Quan Zou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3602448?pdf=render