Prions: An evolutionary perspective

International Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 183-190

  Ogayar, Alfonso ^a,b   Sdnchez PéreZ', Miguel ^a,b  

^a Department of Microbiology II ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conformational change; Conformon; Prion; Protein evolution; yeast prions

Indexed keywords

CELL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PRION; REVIEW;

CELLS; EVOLUTION; PRIONS;

EID: 0032148890     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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