title: Prions: so many fibers, so little infectivity.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of California-San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, HSE-774, San Francisco, CA 94143-0518, USA. alchemi@itsa.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Barnaby C H
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: May
authors.forename: Cedric
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Govaerts
authors.forename: Stanley B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Prusiner
authors.forename: Fred E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D003545:Cysteine / Q000737:chemistry; D003553:Cystine / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D008956:Models, Chemical; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry; D018621:PrPC Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D018620:PrPSc Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D011328:Prions / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017510:Protein Folding; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers; D018621:PrPC Proteins; D018620:PrPSc Proteins; D011328:Prions; D003553:Cystine; D003545:Cysteine