. . . . . . . "[However, cells expressing PrP-DA accumulated an N-terminal fragment that was resistant to proteinase K. The data presented here are consistent with the N-terminal region of PrPC having a role in the cellular response to oxidative stress, and that tethering this region of the protein to the membrane compromises this function through the accumulation of a protease-resistant N-terminal fragment, similar to that seen in some forms of human prion disease.]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine."@en . . . . . "2017-02-19"^^ . . "Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature."@en . "DisGeNET evidence - LITERATURE"@en . "2017-10-17T13:15:40+02:00"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "v5.0.0.0" . "v5.0.0" .