THE CHEMISTRY OF SCRAPIE INFECTION - IMPLICATIONS OF THE ICE-9 METAPHOR

被引:135
作者
LANSBURY, PT [1 ]
机构
[1] NIAID,ROCKY MT LABS,PERSISTENT VIRAL DIS LAB,HAMILTON,MT 59840
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CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY | 1995年 / 2卷 / 01期
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10.1016/1074-5521(95)90074-8
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The transmissible spongiform encephalopathies pose an increasing problem for animal, and perhaps human, health. The infectious agent seems to tack a nucleic acid component, posing the question of how it can reproduce. A model of reproduction by nucleated polymerization suggests a number of-novel approaches to the problem.
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