Binding of disease-associated prion protein to plasminogen.

Autor: Fischer, Michael B., Roeckl, Christiane, Parizek, Petra, Schwartz, Hans Peter, Aguzzi, Adriano
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Zdroj: Nature; 11/23/2000, Vol. 408 Issue 6811, p479, 5p
Abstrakt: Presents a report on plasminogen and its identification as a PrP[supSc]-binding protein. How transmissible spongiform encephalopathies are associated with accumulation of PrP[supSc], a confomer of a cellular protein called PrP[supC]; Focus on activities in human and mouse blood which which bind PrP[supSc] and prion infectivity; Conclusion that plasminogen represents the first engogenous factor discriminating between normal and pathological prion protein.
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