Article
Prions.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 10 Nov 1998
Prusiner S B
Abstract excerpt
Prions are unprecedented infectious pathogens that cause a group of invariably fatal neurodegenerative diseases by an entirely novel mechanism. Prion diseases may present as genetic, infectious, or sporadic disorders, all of which involve modification of the prion protein (PrP). Bovine spongiform...
Topics
- Animals
- Cattle
- Genome, Viral
- Humans
- Mice
- Mutation
- Prion Diseases
- Prions