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Solution structure of the E200K variant of human prion protein. Implications for the mechanism of pathogenesis in familial prion diseases.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 27 Oct 2000
Zhang Y, Swietnicki W, Zagorski M G, Surewicz W K, Sönnichsen F D
Abstract excerpt
Prion propagation in transmissible spongiform encephalopathies involves the conversion of cellular prion protein, PrP(C), into a pathogenic conformer, PrP(Sc). Hereditary forms of the disease are linked to specific mutations in the gene coding for the prion protein. To gain insight into the molec...
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