YEAST PRION PROTEIN Ure2p – A USEFUL MODEL FOR HUMAN PRION DISEASES.

Mammalian transmissible spongiform encephalopathies are uncommon and irreversible diseases caused by prions. Prions lack nucleic acid and can self-propagate by converting normal cell protein to isomeric prion form. In the pathogenesis of these diseases a long variable incubation period occurs, follo...

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Main Authors: Tatina T. Todorova, Gabriela St. Tsankova, Neli M. Ermenlieva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Peytchinski Publishing 2015-03-01
Series:Journal of IMAB
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Online Access:http://www.journal-imab-bg.org/issues-2015/issue1/JofIMAB_2015-21-1p747-751.pdf