Seeded fibrillation as molecular basis of the species barrier in human prion diseases.

Seeded fibrillation as molecular basis of the species barrier in human prion diseases.

Prion diseases are transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in humans and animals, including scrapie in sheep, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle, chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans. The hallmark of prion diseases is the conversion of...

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Main Authors: Lars Luers, Oliver Bannach, Jan Stöhr, Michael Marius Wördehoff, Martin Wolff, Luitgard Nagel-Steger, Detlev Riesner, Dieter Willbold, Eva Birkmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3748051?pdf=render

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