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The utility of prions.

Developmental cell - 1 Feb 2002

Osherovich Lev Z, Weissman Jonathan S

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Infectious, self-propagating protein aggregates (prions) as well as structurally related amyloid fibrils have traditionally been associated with neurodegenerative diseases in mammals. However, recent work in fungi indicates that prions are not simply aberrations of protein folding, but are in fact widespread, conserved, and in certain cases, apparently beneficial. Analysis of prion behavior in yeast has led to...

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PMID: 11832240
DOI: 10.1016/s1534-5807(02)00118-1

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