Infectivity versus toxicity

Reed B. Wickner ()
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Reed B. Wickner: Reed B. Wickner is in the Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0830, USA.

Nature, 2011, vol. 470, issue 7335, 470-471

Abstract: Prions are infectious proteins that can cause deadly diseases in mammals. Detailed measurements of infectivity suggest that there may be distinct infectious and toxic versions of this protein. See Letter p.540

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1038/470470a

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