Structural features distinguishing infectious ex vivo mammalian prions from non-infectious fibrillar assemblies generated in vitro
Seeded polymerisation of proteins forming amyloid fibres and their spread in tissues has been implicated in the pathogenesis of multiple neurodegenerative diseases: so called "prion-like" mechanisms. While ex vivo mammalian prions, composed of multichain assemblies of misfolded host-encode...
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Language: | English |
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Nature Group Publishing
2019
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Online Access: | https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/4564/1/s41598-018-36700-w.pdf |