Molecular biology of prion propagation

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 338-345

  Wadsworth, J D F ^a   Jackson, G S ^a   Hill, A F ^a   Collinge, J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ANIMAL CELL; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0033050963     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(99)80051-3     Document Type: Article

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