De Novo Generation of a Unique Cervid Prion Strain Using Protein Misfolding Cyclic Amplification
ABSTRACT Substantial evidence supports the hypothesis that prions are misfolded, infectious, insoluble, and protease-resistant proteins (PrPRES) devoid of instructional nucleic acid that cause transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs).Protein misfolding cyclic amplification (PMCA) has provided additional evidence that PrPRes acts as a templa