Prions and their biology;Los priones y su biología

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 129-132

  Gasset, M ^a   Westaway, D ^b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b CRND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Prion; Prion proteins; Species barrier; Strains

Indexed keywords

GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PRION; PRION DISEASE; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING;

HUMANS; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; RNA SPLICING;

EID: 0034674811     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3102.99379     Document Type: Article

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