Biochemistry. What makes a prion infectious?

Science. 2010 Feb 26;327(5969):1091-2. doi: 10.1126/science.1187790.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Amyloid / chemistry
  • Animals
  • Brain Chemistry
  • Liver / chemistry
  • Mice
  • Phosphatidylglycerols / chemistry*
  • Prion Diseases / etiology*
  • Prions / chemistry*
  • Prions / pathogenicity*
  • Protein Folding
  • RNA / chemistry*
  • Recombinant Proteins / chemistry

Substances

  • Amyloid
  • Phosphatidylglycerols
  • Prions
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • RNA
  • 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoylglycero-3-phosphoglycerol