Nature of cross-seeding barriers of amyloidogenesis

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 307-312

  Stepkowski, Dariusz ^a   Bienias, Juliusz ^a  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Amyloidogenesis; Amyloids; Cross seeding; Cross species barriers; Prion; PrP23 144

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; CERVIDAE;

EID: 84867150758     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: 1734154X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.2012_2156     Document Type: Article

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