Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies or prion disorders--current views.

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Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies or prion disorders--current views.

Folia neuropathologica - 1 Jan 1994

Liberski P P

Abstract excerpt

Basic hypotheses concerning nature of an infectious agent of the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies are reported here. The agent may consist of a protein only (PrPsc), and for such a molecular structure the term "prion" has been coined. It may consist of a yet-to-be-discovered small oligon...

Topics

Animals
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome
Humans
Phenotype
Prion Diseases
Prions
Scrapie

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