Evidence for multiple prion conformers in natural scrapie isolates

Morikazu Imamura, Kohtaro Miyazawa, Hiroyuki Okada, Minako Ohno, Hiromi Iguchi, Yuichi Matsuura, Yoshifumi Iwamaru, Hanae Takatsuki, Tsuyoshi Mori, Jiyan Ma, Ryuichiro Atarashi

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1014283
Published: 2026-09-17
Container: PLOS Pathogens
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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BibTeX

@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.ppat.1014283,
  title = {Evidence for multiple prion conformers in natural scrapie isolates},
  author = {Morikazu Imamura and Kohtaro Miyazawa and Hiroyuki Okada and Minako Ohno and Hiromi Iguchi and Yuichi Matsuura and Yoshifumi Iwamaru and Hanae Takatsuki and Tsuyoshi Mori and Jiyan Ma and Ryuichiro Atarashi},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {PLOS Pathogens},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.ppat.1014283},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1014283}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Evidence for multiple prion conformers in natural scrapie isolates
AU  - Morikazu Imamura
AU  - Kohtaro Miyazawa
AU  - Hiroyuki Okada
AU  - Minako Ohno
AU  - Hiromi Iguchi
AU  - Yuichi Matsuura
AU  - Yoshifumi Iwamaru
AU  - Hanae Takatsuki
AU  - Tsuyoshi Mori
AU  - Jiyan Ma
AU  - Ryuichiro Atarashi
PY  - 2026
JO  - PLOS Pathogens
DO  - 10.1371/journal.ppat.1014283
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1014283
ER  -

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Imamura, M., Miyazawa, K., Okada, H., Ohno, M., Iguchi, H., Matsuura, Y., Iwamaru, Y., Takatsuki, H., Mori, T., Ma, J., & Atarashi, R. (2026). Evidence for multiple prion conformers in natural scrapie isolates. PLOS Pathogens. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1014283

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