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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Main Authors: Leslie I. Grad, Sarah M. Fernando, Neil R. Cashman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-05-01
Series:Neurobiology of Disease
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996115000297