Dynamic component in prion diseases as a result of the 'protein only' hypothesis;Les maladies a prions: L'hypothese de la 'proteine seule' et ses consequences dynamiques

Medecine/Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 6-7, 1996, Pages 774-785

  Laurent, Michel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRION; PRION DISEASE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SHEEP DISEASE;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0029897477     PISSN: 07670974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4267/10608/818     Document Type: Article

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