title: Prion biology and diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Prusiner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D008954:Models, Biological; D017096:Prion Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D011328:Prions / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D012608:Scrapie / Q000209:etiology; D012756:Sheep
chemical_list: D011328:Prions