Autophagy, prion infection and their mutual interactions

Current Issues in Molecular Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-98

  Heiseke, Andreas ^a   Aguib, Yasmine ^a   Schatzl, Hermann M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN; PRION;

AUTOPHAGY; CELL ISOLATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRION DISEASE; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRION;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS;

EID: 74749094631     PISSN: 14673037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21775/9781912530076.03     Document Type: Review

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