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Coexpression of wild-type and mutant prion proteins alters their cellular localization and partitioning into detergent-resistant membranes.
Traffic (Copenhagen, Denmark) - 1 Jul 2008
Schiff Edwin, Campana Vincenza, Tivodar Simona, Lebreton Stéphanie, Gousset Karine, Zurzolo Chiara
Abstract excerpt
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are a group of diseases of infectious, sporadic and genetic origin, found in higher organisms and caused by the pathological form of the prion protein. The inheritable subgroup of TSEs is linked to insertional or point mutations in the prion gene prnp, which favour its misfolding and are passed on to offspring in an autosomal-dominant fashion. The large majority of...
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