Prionics or the kinetic basis of prion diseases

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1996, Pages

  Eigen, Manfred ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autocatalysis; Chemical instabilities; Cooperativity; Nucleation; Plaque formation; Prion diseases

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FLUORESCENCE; INFECTION; PRION; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0030579560     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4622(96)02250-8     Document Type: Article

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