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Prions

Known as: prion proteins, prion protein, Prions [Chemical/Ingredient] 
Small proteinaceous infectious particles which resist inactivation by procedures that modify NUCLEIC ACIDS and contain an abnormal isoform of a… 
National Institutes of Health

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In BloodPRND genePRNP genePRNT gene

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PRND protein, humanPrP 27-30 ProteinPrion ProteinsPrnd protein, mouse

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Viroids

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Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Modulation of Nitrosative Stress via Glutathione-Dependent Formaldehyde Dehydrogenase and S-Nitrosoglutathione Reductase
Glutathione-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase (GFD) from Taiwanofungus camphorata plays important roles in formaldehyde… 
2007
2007
Phenotypic Similarity of Transmissible Mink Encephalopathy in Cattle and L-type Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in a Mouse Model
L-type BSE is a more likely candidate for the origin of TME than typical BSE. 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Structural properties of prion protein protofibrils and fibrils: an experimental assessment of atomic models.
Decades after the prion protein was implicated in transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, the structure of its toxic isoform… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Sequence variation of bovine prion protein gene in Japanese cattle (Holstein and Japanese Black).
To assess relationships between nucleotide polymorphisms of the prion protein (PRNP) gene and susceptibility to bovine spongiform… 
2004
2004
A Pitfall in Diagnosis of Human Prion Diseases Using Detection of Protease-resistant Prion Protein in Urine
Because a definite diagnosis of prion diseases relies on the detection of the abnormal isoform of prion protein (PrPSc), it has… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Atypical Effect of Salts on the Thermodynamic Stability of Human Prion Protein*
Prion diseases are associated with the conversion of cellular prion protein, PrPC, into a misfolded oligomeric form, PrPSc… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Dangerous Liaisons between a Microbe and the Prion Protein
Aren't bugs a source of continuous amazement? Consider, for example, how cunningly bacteria conspire to shanghai the molecular… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Purity of spiking agent affects partitioning of prions in plasma protein purification.
Prions are not detectable in the blood or plasma of persons afflicted with classical or variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and… 
2001
2001
Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a young Dutch valine homozygote
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Antibodies to the scrapie protein decorate prion rods.
Scrapie is a degenerative, transmissible neurologic disease of sheep and goats which occurs in the absence of any detectable host… 
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