Dealler, S Transmissable spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) agents as crystalline forms of the prion protein (PrP) that multiply by allowing normal metabolic forms of PrP to join the crystal. [electronic resource] - Medical hypotheses Oct 1991 - 131-4 p. digital Publication Type: Journal Article ISSN: 0306-9877 Standard No.: 10.1016/0306-9877(91)90254-v doi Subjects--Topical Terms: AnimalsCattleEncephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform--microbiologyPrPSc ProteinsPrions--genetics