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Inverse correlation of thermal lability and conversion efficiency for five prion protein polymorphic variants.
Biochemistry - 23 Feb 2010
Kirby Louise, Agarwal Sonya, Graham James F, Goldmann Wilfred, Gill Andrew C
Abstract excerpt
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are associated with the accumulation of deposits of an abnormal form, PrP(Sc), of the host-encoded prion protein, PrP(C). Amino acid substitutions in PrP(C) have long been known to affect TSE disease outcome. In extreme cases in humans, various mut...
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