Prion strain-dependent differences in conversion of mutant prion proteins in cell culture.

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Although the protein-only hypothesis proposes that it is the conformation of abnormal prion protein (PrP(Sc)) that determines strain diversity, the molecular basis of strains remains to be elucidated. In the present study, we generated a series of mutations in the normal prion protein (PrP(C)) in which a single glutamine residue was replaced with a basic amino acid and compared their abilities to convert to...

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