YEAST PRION PROTEIN Ure2p – A USEFUL MODEL FOR HUMAN PRION DISEASES.
Mammalian transmissible spongiform encephalopathies are uncommon and irreversible diseases caused by prions. Prions lack nucleic acid and can self-propagate by converting normal cell protein to isomeric prion form. In the pathogenesis of these diseases a long variable incubation period occurs, follo...
Main Authors: | Tatina T. Todorova, Gabriela St. Tsankova, Neli M. Ermenlieva |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Peytchinski Publishing
2015-03-01
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Series: | Journal of IMAB |
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Online Access: | http://www.journal-imab-bg.org/issues-2015/issue1/JofIMAB_2015-21-1p747-751.pdf |
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