Enzymatic formulation capable of degrading scrapie prion under mild digestion conditions.

The prion agent is notoriously resistant to common proteases and conventional sterilisation procedures. The current methods known to destroy prion infectivity such as incineration, alkaline and thermal hydrolysis are harsh, destructive, environmentally polluting and potentially hazardous, thus limit...

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Main Authors: Emeka A Okoroma, Diane Purchase, Hemda Garelick, Roger Morris, Michael H Neale, Otto Windl, Oduola O Abiola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3712960?pdf=render