The elusive role of the prion protein and the mechanism of toxicity in prion disease.

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Published in PLoS Pathog on May 07, 2015

Authors

Roberto Chiesa1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neuroscience, IRCCS-Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy.

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