Article
Influence of amino acid substitutions related to inherited human prion diseases on the thermodynamic stability of the cellular prion protein.
Biochemistry - 16 Mar 1999
Liemann S, Glockshuber R
Abstract excerpt
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are caused by a unique infectious agent which appears to be identical with PrPSc, an oligomeric, misfolded isoform of the cellular prion protein, PrPC. All inherited forms of human TSEs, i.e., familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome, and fatal familial insomnia, segregate with specific point mutations or insertions in the gene...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
