Why don't humans get scrapie from eating sheep? A possible explanation based on secondary structure predictions

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 919-924

  Concepcion, G P ^a   David, M P C ^a   Padlan, E A ^a  

^a University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GLUTAMINE; PRION PROTEIN; VALINE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EATING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN VARIANT; SCRAPIE; SHEEP;

EID: 15244342778     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2004.11.021     Document Type: Article

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