Bovine Prion Protein Fragment
by Francisco J. Enguita/science Photo Library
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Bovine Prion Protein Fragment
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Francisco J. Enguita/science Photo Library
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Photograph - Photograph
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Illustration of the C-terminal fragment of the bovine (cow) prion protein. Prions are abnormal proteins that cause a group of fatal neurodegenerative diseases including bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cows and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans. Unlike other infectious agents prions do not have a nucleic acid genome for replication. Instead, the abnormal infectious prions change normal prions, found in cell membranes, to the abnormal form. This leads to a build up of protein plaques and neurodegeneration.
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May 23rd, 2023
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