Identification of non-essential host genes required for PrP106-126 mediated neurotoxicity

Prion diseases are invariably fatal proteinaceous neurodegenerative disorders of the central nervous system. The infectious agent is the host encoded prion protein which has undergone a post-translational refolding from a predominantly alpha-helical to highly beta-sheet containing structure. The m...

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Main Author: Stobart, Michael
Other Authors: Knox, J. David (Medical Microbiology)
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/4801