The physical relationship between infectivity and prion protein aggregates is strain-dependent.

Prions are unconventional infectious agents thought to be primarily composed of PrP(Sc), a multimeric misfolded conformer of the ubiquitously expressed host-encoded prion protein (PrP(C)). They cause fatal neurodegenerative diseases in both animals and humans. The disease phenotype is not uniform wi...

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Auteurs principaux: Philippe Tixador, Laëtitia Herzog, Fabienne Reine, Emilie Jaumain, Jérôme Chapuis, Annick Le Dur, Hubert Laude, Vincent Béringue
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Publié: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/530c85bcc5e94f2588c40a6bac14eedf
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