Prion protein interaction with soil humic substances: environmental implications.

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) are fatal neurodegenerative disorders caused by prions. Animal TSE include scrapie in sheep and goats, and chronic wasting disease (CWD) in cervids. Effective management of scrapie in many parts of the world, and of CWD in North American deer populatio...

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Main Authors: Gabriele Giachin, Joanna Narkiewicz, Denis Scaini, Ai Tran Ngoc, Alja Margon, Paolo Sequi, Liviana Leita, Giuseppe Legname
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4061048?pdf=render