“…SAF consist primarily of the disease-specific SAFprotein [also referred to as protease-resistant protein or prion protein, PrP (Bolton et al, 1982;McKinley et al, 1983)] (Diringer et al, 1983a;Barry et al, 1985;DeArmond et al, 1985;Merz et al, 1987;Wiley et al, 1987). This amyloid protein is derived from a highly conserved host-encoded precursor, a cellular glycoprotein (tool.…”