A Novel, Reliable and Highly Versatile Method to Evaluate Different Prion Decontamination Procedures
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are a group of invariably fatal neurodegenerative disorders. The causal agent is an aberrantly folded isoform (PrPSc or prion) of the endogenous prion protein (PrPC) which is neurotoxic and amyloidogenic and induces misfolding of its physiological cou...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2020-10-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbioe.2020.589182/full |