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. 2004 Apr;29(4):162-5.

doi: 10.1016/j.tibs.2004.02.008.

Prions: so many fibers, so little infectivity

Barnaby C H May¹, Cedric Govaerts, Stanley B Prusiner, Fred E Cohen

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¹ Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of California-San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, HSE-774, San Francisco, CA 94143-0518, USA. alchemi@itsa.ucsf.edu

PMID: 15124628
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2004.02.008

Review

Prions: so many fibers, so little infectivity

Barnaby C H May et al. Trends Biochem Sci. 2004 Apr.

. 2004 Apr;29(4):162-5.

doi: 10.1016/j.tibs.2004.02.008.

Authors

Barnaby C H May¹, Cedric Govaerts, Stanley B Prusiner, Fred E Cohen

Affiliation

¹ Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of California-San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, HSE-774, San Francisco, CA 94143-0518, USA. alchemi@itsa.ucsf.edu

PMID: 15124628
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2004.02.008

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