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The protein Srebp2 drives cholesterol formation in prion-infected neuronal cells

Prions are causing fatal and infectious diseases of the nervous system, such as the mad cow disease (BSE), scrapie in sheep or Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans. Scientists of Helmholtz Zentrum München and Technische Universität ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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