Dynamics of a truncated prion protein, PrP(113–231), from 15N NMR relaxation: Order parameters calculated and slow conformational fluctuations localized to a distinct region

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Dynamics of a truncated prion protein, PrP(113–231), from 15N NMR relaxation: Order parameters calculated and slow conformational fluctuations localized to a distinct region

Denis B. D. O'Sullivan^1,‡,
Christopher E. Jones^1,†,‡,
Salama R. Abdelraheim²,
Marcus W. Brazier²,
Harold Toms¹,
David R. Brown²,
John H. Viles^1,*

Article first published online: 29 DEC 2008

DOI: 10.1002/pro.44

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Protein Science

Volume 18, Issue 2, pages 410–423, February 2009

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O'Sullivan, D. B. D., Jones, C. E., Abdelraheim, S. R., Brazier, M. W., Toms, H., Brown, D. R. and Viles, J. H. (2009), Dynamics of a truncated prion protein, PrP(113–231), from ¹⁵N NMR relaxation: Order parameters calculated and slow conformational fluctuations localized to a distinct region. Protein Science, 18: 410–423. doi: 10.1002/pro.44

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School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, United Kingdom

^†
Center for Metals in Biology, School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences and The Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia

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O' Sullivan and Jones have contributed equally to this article.

Email: John H. Viles (j.viles@qmul.ac.uk)

^*School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom

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Issue published online: 30 JAN 2009
Article first published online: 29 DEC 2008
Accepted manuscript online: 29 DEC 2008 12:00AM EST
Manuscript Accepted: 30 OCT 2008
Manuscript Revised: 2 OCT 2008
Manuscript Received: 24 JUN 2008

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