Heterogeneity and Architecture of Pathological Prion Protein Assemblies: Time to Revisit the Molecular Basis of the Prion Replication Process?
Prions are proteinaceous infectious agents responsible for a range of neurodegenerative diseases in animals and humans. Prion particles are assemblies formed from a misfolded, β-sheet rich, aggregation-prone isoform (PrP<sup>Sc</sup>) of the host-encoded cellular prion protein (...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2019-05-01
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Series: | Viruses |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/11/5/429 |