title: [Bovine spongiform encephalopathy: a review].
abstract: Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies are a group of chronic, always fatal diseases affecting the central nervous system of humans and animals. They occur in all species and are probably caused by agents called prions. In this minireview, a first part provides an overview of the various disease forms, a second part is devoted to the molecular biology of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, and a last part deals with the specific problems of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Pharmakologie und Biochemie, Veterinär-Medizinische Fakultät, Universität Zürich.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Marinović
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Senn
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome; D016643:Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D016098:Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease; D006801:Humans; D007729:Kuru; D011328:Prions / Q000235:genetics*; D012608:Scrapie; D012897:Slow Virus Diseases
chemical_list: D011328:Prions
vernacular_title: Die Bovine Spongiforme Enzephalopathie: Eine Ubersicht.