title: Prion diseases and neurodegeneration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco 94143.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Prusiner
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: DeArmond
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009410:Nerve Degeneration / Q000502:physiology*; D017096:Prion Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology*