Prions Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Prions, including details on mad cow disease, scrapie, cjd.

Volume 4 (2008), Issue 3 (March)

1. Conformational stability of PrP amyloid fibrils controls their smallest possible fragment size.
   J Mol Biol, 376(4): 1155-67. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Characterization of antibody-antigen interactions: comparison between surface plasmon resonance measurements and high-mass matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry.
   Anal Biochem, 375(1): 35-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Normal cellular prion protein with a methionine at position 129 has a more exposed helix 1 and is more prone to aggregate.
   Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 368(4): 875-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Kuru prions and sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease prions have equivalent transmission properties in transgenic and wild-type mice.
   Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 105(10): 3885-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Evaluation of the human transmission risk of an atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy prion strain.
   J Virol, 82(7): 3697-701. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Amyloid fibrils of the HET-s(218-289) prion form a beta solenoid with a triangular hydrophobic core.
   Science, 319(5869): 1523-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. A new liquid intravenous immunoglobulin with three dedicated virus reduction steps: virus and prion reduction capacity.
   Vox Sang, 94(3): 184-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Newly identified prion linked to the chromatin-remodeling factor Swi1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
   Nat Genet, 40(4): 460-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Expression and localization of the prion protein PrP(C) in the olfactory system of the mouse.
   J Comp Neurol, 508(3): 487-99. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. The importance of the PrP genotype in active surveillance for ovine scrapie.
    Epidemiol Infect, 136(5): 703-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Gene expression profile of quinacrine-cured prion-infected mouse neuronal cells.
    J Neurochem, 105(1): 239-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Complex I specific increase in superoxide formation and respiration rate by PrP-null mouse brain mitochondria.
    J Neurochem, 105(1): 177-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Prion protein insertional mutations increase aggregation propensity but not fiber stability.
    BMC Biochem, 9: 7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Differential effects of prion particle size on infectivity in vivo and in vitro.
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 369(3): 924-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Cellular prion protein in mammary gland and milk fractions of domestic ruminants.
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 369(3): 841-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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