Unraveling Infectious Structures, Strain Variants and Species Barriers for the Yeast Prion [PSI+]

Prions are proteins that can access multiple conformations, at least one of which is beta-sheet rich, infectious and self-perpetuating in nature. These infectious proteins show several remarkable biological activities, including the ability to form multiple infectious prion conformations, also known...

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Main Authors: Lindquist, Susan (Contributor), Tessier, Peter M. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group, 2010-05-12T17:45:08Z.
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