What history tells us VIII. The progressive construction of a mechanism for prion diseases

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 223-227

  Morange, Michel ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Central dogma; Mechanism; Prions

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; NUCLEIC ACID; PRION PROTEIN;

BIOASSAY; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PRION DISEASE; PROTEIN; RNA; SCRAPIE; VIROID; YEAST;

BIOASSAY; CANNIBALISM; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; GENE REPLICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; PRION DISEASES;

EID: 34248195897     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 02505991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12038-007-0022-3     Document Type: Review

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