From molecule to molecule and cell to cell: Prion-like mechanisms in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Prions, self-proliferating infectious agents consisting of misfolded protein, are most often associated with aggressive neurodegenerative diseases in animals and humans. Akin to the contiguous spread of a living pathogen, the prion paradigm provides a mechanism by which a mutant or wild-type misfold...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015-05-01
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Series: | Neurobiology of Disease |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996115000297 |