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A survey and a molecular dynamics study on the (central) hydrophobic region of prion proteins.
Current pharmaceutical biotechnology - 1 Jan 2014
Zhang Jiapu, Wang Feng
Abstract excerpt
Prion diseases which are serious neurodegenerative diseases that affect humans and animals occur in various of species. Unlike many other neurodegenerative diseases affected by amyloid, prion diseases can be highly infectious. Prion diseases occur in many species. In humans, prion diseases include the fatal human neurodegenerative diseases such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI),...
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