The cellular prion protein binds copper in vivo.
Brown DR, Qin K, Herms JW, Madlung A, Manson J, Strome R, Fraser PE, Kruck T, von Bohlen A, Schulz-Schaeffer W, Giese A, Westaway D, Kretzschmar H.
Brown DR, et al.
Nature. 1997 Dec 18-25;390(6661):684-7. doi: 10.1038/37783.
Nature. 1997.
PMID: 9414160