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How do your prions grow?

Nature Methods volume 2, page 410 (2005)Cite this article

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A system for the rapid amplification of misfolded prion oligomers provides new evidence supporting the prion hypothesis and may offer a powerful diagnostic tool.

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  1. Michael Eisenstein
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Eisenstein, M. How do your prions grow?. Nat Methods 2, 410 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth0605-410b

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