KURU AND MAD-COW-DISEASE - UNDERSTANDING THE PRION THEORY

Authors
OLDS GR
Citation
Gr. Olds, KURU AND MAD-COW-DISEASE - UNDERSTANDING THE PRION THEORY, Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine, 65(6), 1998, pp. 291
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
08911150
Volume
65
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0891-1150(1998)65:6<291:KAM-UT>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
A preponderance of evidence indicates that several neurodegenerative d isorders are caused by prions: abnormally folded proteins that can ind uce abnormal folding in other normal protein molecules. Further, these ''infections'' can cross some species barriers.