[A trend of molecular genetics on prion diseases and prion protein].

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Infectious amyloid filaments designated as prion rods or scrapie associated fibrils (SAF) present in brain tissues affected by transmissible spongiform encephalopathies such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease (GSS) and kuru of humans, and scrapie of sheep. A hydrophobic glycoprotein, PrPSc is a major component of SAF, and is known to be associated with the infectivity of...

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