Development of a methodology for large-scale production of prions for biological and structural studies

Prion diseases are a group of infectious neurodegenerative diseases produced by the conversion of the normal prion protein (PrPC) into the disease-associated form (PrPSc). Extensive evidence indicate that the main or sole component of the infectious agent is PrPSc, which can replicate in affected in...

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Main Authors: Luis Concha-Marambio, Fei Wang, Enrique Armijo, Damian Gorski, Frank Ramirez, Andrew Scowcroft, Sandra Pritzkow, Claudio Soto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmolb.2023.1184029/full