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Volume I highlights the association of cellular prion protein (PrPC) with copper and zinc; potential roles of PrPC in Alzheimer s disease and cancers, infectious and pathogenic forms of PrP, yeast prions and their inheritable and structural traits and more.Volume I highlights the association of the cellular prion protein (PrPC) with copper and zinc, the potential roles of PrPC in Alzheimer s disease and cancers, insoluble PrPC, PMCA, molecular and cellular mechanisms of PrPSc formation and clearance, possible co-factors involved in the conversion of PrPC into PrPSc, infectious and pathogenic forms of PrP, cell biology of prions, prion strains and their interference, as well as yeast prions and their inheritable and structural traits. This unique volume will take you through the fascinating chronicle of prions in mammals, yeast, and fungi.

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Biology, life sciences Life sciences: general issues

• Full title: Prions and Diseases
• Subtitle: Volume 1, Physiology and Pathophysiology
• Author: Wen-Quan Zou, Pierluigi Gambetti
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 242
• EAN: 9781461453048
• ISBN: 1461453046
• ID: 01428250
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• Weight: 5029 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 155 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 11. November 2012

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