Artificial strain of human prions created in vitro
Synthetic prions have previously been generated from recombinant rodent PrP. Here the authors generate synthetic human prions, by seeding human PrP with CJD prions, and characterize its infectivity in mice.
Main Authors: | Chae Kim, Xiangzhu Xiao, Shugui Chen, Tracy Haldiman, Vitautas Smirnovas, Diane Kofskey, Miriam Warren, Krystyna Surewicz, Nicholas R. Maurer, Qingzhong Kong, Witold Surewicz, Jiri G. Safar |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2018-06-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04584-z |
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