Prion protein fragment 106–126 induces a
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Tullio Florio; Stefano Thellung; Carolina Amico; Mauro Robello; Mario Salmona; O
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Article
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1998
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The prion diseases are transmissible neurodegenerative pathologies characterized by the accumulation of altered forms of the prion protein (PrP), termed PrP Sc , in the brain. Previous studies have shown that a synthetic peptide homologous to residues 106-126 of PrP (PrP 106-126) maintains many char