Claudio Soto

Prions (eBook, ePUB)

The New Biology of Proteins

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Prion-related diseases, known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), are infectious, fatal neurodegenerative disorders for which there is no cure, treatment, nor even a means for early diagnosis. The horrific advent of Mad Cow Disease -- transmitted to humans through eating meat from steers sickened by bovine spongiform encephalopathy

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040203231
• Artikelnr.: 72524754

Autorenporträt

Soto, Claudio

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue. Prion Diseases: Clinical Symptoms, Epidemiology and
Neuropathology. The Infectious Agent and the Prion Hypothesis. The Prion
Protein: Cell Biology, Genetic and Putative Function. Prion Replication by
Transmission of Protein Conformation. Prion Strains and Multiple
Conformations of the Prion Protein. Prions: From the Mouth to the Brain.
Neurodegeneration in Prion Disease. The Diagnosis Problem and Current
Tests. Therapeutic Approaches. Cyclic Amplification of Prion Protein:
Rationale, Application and Perspectives. Other Diseases of Protein
Misfolding. Prions: A Common Phenomenon in Biology?