Searching for Factors that Distinguish Disease-Prone and Disease-Resistant Prions via Sequence Analysis
The exact mechanisms of prion misfolding and factors that predispose an individual to prion diseases are largely unknown. Our approach to identifying candidate factors in-silico relies on contrasting the C-terminal domain of PrP C sequences from two groups of vertebrate species: those that have been...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2008-01-01
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Series: | Bioinformatics and Biology Insights |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.4137/BBI.S550 |