Response to Radulescu and Brenig: Infectious nucleic acids in prion disease: halfway there

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-6

  Silva, Jerson L ^a   Lima, Luis Mauricio T R ^a   Foguel, Debora ^a   Cordeiro, Yraima ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RIBOZYME;

CYTOTOXICITY; LETTER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 58149201103     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2008.10.001     Document Type: Letter

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