Effect of Congo red on wild-type and mutated prion proteins in cultured cells.

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Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies form a group of fatal neurodegenerative disorders that have the unique property of being infectious, sporadic, or genetic in origin. Although some doubts remain on the nature of the responsible agent of these diseases, it is clear that a protein called PrP(Sc) (which stands for the scrapie isoform of the prion protein) has a central role in their pathology. PrP(Sc)...

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