title: [The biology of prions, a response to the enigma of spongiform encephalopathies of sheep and humans].
abstract: Prions are small proteinaceous infectious particles without nucleic acids. The prion protein arise from a cellular protein by a post-transduction event and constitute amyloid deposits. Prions are the agent of animal and human spongiform encephalopathies which evolve on simultaneous infectious and genetic dependence in the absence of a detectable immune response.
authors.affiliation: Clinique neurologique, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cambier
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001695:Biology; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D011328:Prions / Q000502:physiology*; D012608:Scrapie / Q000382:microbiology*; D012756:Sheep
chemical_list: D011328:Prions
vernacular_title: La biologie des prions, une réponse à l'énigme des encéphalopathies spongiformes des moutons et des hommes.