The Structure of Human Prions: From Biology to Structural Models — Considerations and Pitfalls
Prion diseases are a family of transmissible, progressive, and uniformly fatal neurodegenerative disorders that affect humans and animals. Although cross-species transmissions of prions are usually limited by an apparent “species barrier”, the spread of a prion disease to humans by ingestion of cont...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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MDPI
2014
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4213568/ |