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Prion propagation in vitro: are we there yet?

Prion diseases are caused by proteinaceous pathogens termed prions. Although the details of the mechanism of prion propagation are not fully understood, conformational conversion of cellular prion protein (PrP(C)) to misfolded, disease-associated scrapie prion protein (PrP(Sc)) is considered the ess...

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Autores principales: Ryou, Chongsuk, Mays, Charles E.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Ivyspring International Publisher 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2583336/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19015743