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研究纯朊病毒的神经毒性

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Purified Infectious Prion Rods

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对朊病毒这种由能导致迅速的神经退行性疾病的错误折叠的蛋白质组成的致命感染因子的一项研究发现,尽管来自有症状的感染朊病毒的小鼠的大脑组织对于健康神经元具有毒性,朊病毒的纯样本没有毒性,这提示导致神经退化的有毒种不同于具有传染性的种。

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