title: The prion theory: background and basic information.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Physikalische Biologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Deutschland. riesner@biophys.uni-duesseldorf.de
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Riesner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006224:Cricetinae; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D017096:Prion Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D011328:Prions / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity; D011487:Protein Conformation; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D012756:Sheep
chemical_list: D011328:Prions; D020033:Protein Isoforms