Beyond the prion principle

Adriano Aguzzi
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Adriano Aguzzi: Adriano Aguzzi is at the Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zurich, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland. adriano.aguzzi@usz.ch

Nature, 2009, vol. 459, issue 7249, 924-925

Abstract: It seems that many misfolded proteins can act like prions — spreading disease by imparting their misshapen structure to normal cellular counterparts. But how common are bona fide prions really?

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1038/459924a

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