"PrPC Proteins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Normal cellular isoform of prion proteins (PRIONS) encoded by a chromosomal gene and found in normal and scrapie-infected brain tissue, and other normal tissue. PrPC are protease-sensitive proteins whose function is unknown. Posttranslational modification of PrPC into PrPSC leads to infectivity.
| Descriptor ID |
D018621
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.785.680
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| Concept/Terms |
PrPC Proteins- PrPC Proteins
- PrP-sen
- PrP sen
- Cp 33-35
- Scrapie Amyloid Precursor Protein
- Cp33-35, Scrapie
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