Prion biology and diseases /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Prusiner, Stanley B., 1942-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, [1999]
Series:Cold Spring Harbor monograph series. monograph 38.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Prion biology
  • An introduction to prion biology and diseases / S.B. Prusiner
  • Development of the prion concept / S.B. Prusiner
  • Bioassays of prions / S.B. Prusiner ... [et al.]
  • Transmission and replication of prions / S.B. Prusiner ... [et al.]
  • Structural studies of prion proteins / F.E. Cohen, S.B. Prusiner
  • Fungal prions
  • Prions of fungi: [URE3], [PSI], and [Het-s] discovered as heritable traits / R.B. Wickner, Y.O. Chernoff
  • Transgenetics and cell biology of prions
  • Knockouts, transgenics, and transplants in prion research / C. Weissmann ... [et al.]
  • Transgenetic investigations of the species barrier and prion strains / M. Scott ... [et al.]
  • Cell biology of prions / S.B. Prusiner ... [et al.]
  • Prion diseases in animals
  • Scrapie, chronic wasting disease, and transmissible mink encephalopathy / J.-L. Laplanche ... [et al.]
  • Bovine spongiform encephalopathy and related diseases / N. Nathanson ... [et al.]
  • Human prion diseases
  • Infectious and sporadic prion diseases / R.G. Will ... [et al.]
  • Inherited prion diseases / P. Gambetti ... [et al.]
  • Neuropathology of prion diseases / S.J. DeArmond, J.W. Ironside
  • Methodology and future studies
  • Some strategies and methods for the study of prions / S.B. Prusiner ... [et al.]
  • Antibodies as tools to probe prion protein biology / R.A. Williamson ... [et al.]
  • Biosafety issues in prion diseases / H. Baron ... [et al.].