Scrapie associated fibrils and polymeric PrP

The conversion of PrPC, the normal form of the prion protein, to PrPSc, the protease-resistant disease specific form, is central to the pathogenesis of the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. The mechanism underlying this conformational change remains elusive but the demonstration that PrPSc...

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Main Author: Potter, Richard J.
Published: University of Leicester 1998
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.696425