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PrPSc with Seeding Activity Extensively Overlaps with Proteinase-Resistant PrPSc Rather than Infectious PrPSc

The disease-associated prion protein (PrPSc) has the ability to seed the conformational conversion of normal prion proteins into the amyloid fibril form. This prion seeding activity can be measured using an in vitro amplification assay termed real-time quaking-induced conversion (RT-QuIC). There is...

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Autores principales: Iwamaru, Yoshifumi, Matsuura, Yuichi, Miyazawa, Kohtaro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7157578/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32213939
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9030241