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What Is Our Current Understanding of PrP(Sc)-Associated Neurotoxicity and Its Molecular Underpinnings?

The prion diseases are a collection of fatal, transmissible neurodegenerative diseases that cause rapid onset dementia and ultimately death. Uniquely, the infectious agent is a misfolded form of the endogenous cellular prion protein, termed PrP(Sc). Despite the identity of the molecular agent remain...

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Autores principales: Hughes, Daniel, Halliday, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5750587/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29194372
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens6040063