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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Acevedo-Morantes, Claudia Y., Wille, Holger
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: MDPI 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4213568/