Prions hijack tunnelling nanotubes for intercellular spread

By K. Gousset, E. Schiff, C. Langevin, Z. Marijanovic, A. Caputo, Duncan T. Browman, Nicolas Chenouard, F. Chaumont, A. Martino, J. Enninga and 3 more. Nature Cell Biology, 2009

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Subfields: Developmental Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics

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