A dominant-negative mutant inhibits multiple prion variants through a common mechanism

Prions adopt alternative, self-replicating protein conformations and thereby determine novel phenotypes that are often irreversible. Nevertheless, dominant-negative prion mutants can revert phenotypes associated with some conformations. These observations suggest that, while intervention is possible...

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Main Authors: Pei, Fen, DiSalvo, Susanne, Sindi, Suzanne S., Serio, Tricia R.
Other Authors: Univ Arizona, Dept Mol & Cellular Biol
Language:en
Published: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/626074
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/626074