Structural determinants of phenotypic diversity and replication rate of human prions.

The infectious pathogen responsible for prion diseases is the misfolded, aggregated form of the prion protein, PrPSc. In contrast to recent progress in studies of laboratory rodent-adapted prions, current understanding of the molecular basis of human prion diseases and, especially, their vast phenot...

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Main Authors: Jiri G Safar, Xiangzhu Xiao, Mohammad E Kabir, Shugui Chen, Chae Kim, Tracy Haldiman, Yvonne Cohen, Wei Chen, Mark L Cohen, Witold K Surewicz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-04-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4397081?pdf=render