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Solution structure and dynamics of the I214V mutant of the rabbit prion protein.
PloS one - 7 Oct 2010
Wen Yi, Li Jun, Xiong Minqian, Peng Yu, Yao Wenming, Hong Jing, Lin Donghai
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The conformational conversion of the host-derived cellular prion protein (PrP(C)) into the disease-associated scrapie isoform (PrP(Sc)) is responsible for the pathogenesis of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). Various single-point mutations in PrP(C)s could cause structural changes and thereby distinctly influence the conformational conversion. Elucidation of the differences between the...
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