title: Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies: 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: Detlev
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Riesner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D017096:Prion Diseases / Q000635:transmission*; D011328:Prions / Q000472:pathogenicity* / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D011328:Prions