Tracking Down The Cause Of Mad Cow Disease: First Synthetic Prion Protein With An Anchor

Thursday, October 9, 2008 - 21:35 in Biology & Nature

Researchers in Germany and Switzerland have developed a new general method for the synthesis of anchored proteins, such as GPI-anchored prions, which cause scrapie and mad cow disease.

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