The molecular pathology of CJD: Old and new variants

Journal of Clinical Pathology - Molecular Pathology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 393-399

  Jackson, G S ^a   Collinge, J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Prion disease; Prion propagation; Protein only model

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; BETA SHEET; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRION; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CELL DEATH; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DENDRITIC CELLS, FOLLICULAR; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, GENETIC; NEURONS; PRIONS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PRPC PROTEINS; PRPSC PROTEINS;

EID: 0035662673     PISSN: 13668714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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