Strain-Specific Targeting and Destruction of Cells by Prions
Prion diseases are caused by the disease-specific self-templating infectious conformation of the host-encoded prion protein, PrP<sup>Sc</sup>. Prion strains are operationally defined as a heritable phenotype of disease under controlled conditions. One of the hallmark phenotypes of prion...
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MDPI AG
2024-01-01
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/13/1/57 |