Deadly conformations - Protein misfolding in prion disease

Cell

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 499-510

  Horwich, Arthur L ^a   Weissman, Jonathan S ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INSOMNIA; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

EID: 0030728039     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80232-9     Document Type: Review

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