Prion Biology: A Subject Collection from Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

By: Stanley B. Prusiner

Prions are best known as the agents of mad cow and related diseases, and a growing number of proteins with prion-like properties have been implicated in diseases such as Parkinson's. But some recently discovered prion-like proteins do not appear to induce pathological changes and, in fact, may be key players in basic biological processes such as transcription, immune regulation, and memory formation.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1621820939
• ISBN13: 9781621820932
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.2" x 10.2"