The cellular prion protein and its role in Alzheimer disease
The cellular prion protein (PrPC) is a membrane-bound glycoprotein especially abundant in the central nervous system (CNS). The scrapie prion protein (PrPSc, also termed prions) is responsible of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE), a group of neurodegenerative diseases which affect...
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| Format: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Language: | eng |
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Prion.
2010
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10171/13407 |