Directory of Prion Resources

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This category includes disorders caused by prions, which are infectious proteins. Examples of the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies they cause include Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease, Kuru, Scrapie in sheep and goats, Chronic Wasting Disease of cervids, Transmissible Mink Encephalopathy, and Fatal Familial Insomnia.

Subcategories

• Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease

Resources in This Category

• 3D Structure of Prion Protein

  http://www.bio.davidson.edu/Courses/Molbio/MolStudents/spring2005/Winter/WholeFrame_files/ATPcAMPbuttons.htm
  Technical explanation of sheep and human prion proteins in normal and dimer forms.

• Kuru Information Page

  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/kuru/kuru.htm
  Compiled by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).

• Molecular Evolution of Prions

  http://www.mad-cow.org/~tom/prion_evol.html
  Article about the different evolutionary pathways of bovids and humans.

• Prion propagation in vitro: are we there yet?

  http://www.medsci.org/v05p0347.htm
  Analysis of prion disease progression in cellular and animal models.

• Protein Misfolding in Prion Disease

  http://www.cyber-dyne.com/~tom/misfolding_review.html
  Includes review of the pathogenesis of prion diseases.

• The Prion Protein Knockout Mouse

  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2634447/
  Paper by Andrew D Steele, Susan Lindquist and Adriano Aguzzi discussing the many phenotypes.

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