Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease (GSS) is characterized by atypical N- and C-terminal cleaved protease-resistant PrPSc. Vanni et al. report that PrPSc oligomers purified from patients with GSS are authentic – but non-fibrillar… Click to show full abstract
Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease (GSS) is characterized by atypical N- and C-terminal cleaved protease-resistant PrPSc. Vanni et al. report that PrPSc oligomers purified from patients with GSS are authentic – but non-fibrillar – prions, thus uncovering the minimal prion protein domain able to encode infectious prions.
               
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