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Cryptic peptides of the kringle domains preferentially bind to disease-associated prion protein.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD - 1 Jan 2009
Hatcher Kristen, Zheng Jian, Chen Shu G
Abstract excerpt
Prion diseases are a group of fatal neurodegenerative disorders characterized by the accumulation of a misfolded form (PrP(Sc)) of the cellular prion protein (PrP(C)) in the brains of affected individuals. The conversion of PrP(C) to PrP(Sc) is thought to involve a change in protein conformation from a normal, primarily alpha-helical structure into a beta-sheet conformer. Few proteins have been identified that...
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