Overview
- Most current collection of protocols in prion disease research
- Fully described methods chapters from leaders in the field with easy to follow instructions and notes sections
- Provides methods for studying prion infection in cell cultures with a review chapter on current cell models
- Detailed protocols for prion protein conversion assays using current technologies with a review highlighting their use
- Comprehensive chapter on the molecular diagnosis of human prion diseases including full methods
- Reviews of the use of transgenic mouse models of prion diseases
- Methods for the biochemical characterization of mammalian prion proteins
Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology (MIMB, volume 459)
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Table of contents (18 protocols)
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Reviews
From the reviews:
"Interspersed are concise reviews focusing on current growth areas in the prion field. … The protocols are clear and authoritative. For those entering the field it would be an excellent guide." (Hugh Pennington, Microbiology Today, February, 2009)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Prion Protein Protocols
Editors: Andrew F. Hill
Series Title: Methods in Molecular Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-234-2
Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ
eBook Packages: Springer Protocols
Copyright Information: Humana Press 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-58829-897-3Published: 30 May 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-61737-831-7Published: 10 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-59745-234-2Published: 25 June 2008
Series ISSN: 1064-3745
Series E-ISSN: 1940-6029
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 280
Number of Illustrations: 38 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Neurosciences, Protein Science, Biochemistry, general, Neurobiology, Infectious Diseases, Cell Biology