Prion diseases - A nucleic-acid accomplice?

被引：25

作者：

Caughey, B ^{[1
]}

Kocisko, DA ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] NIAID, NIH, Rocky Mt Labs, Hamilton, MT 59840 USA

来源：

NATURE | 2003年 / 425卷 / 6959期

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D O I：

10.1038/425673a

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Prion proteins that trigger a cascade of protein misfolding in the brain are suspected of being the sole transmissible cause of some brain-destroying diseases. But nucleic acids could be their partner in crime. © 2003 Nature Publishing Group.

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页码：673 / 674

页数：2

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