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Promiscuous cross-seeding between bacterial amyloids promotes interspecies biofilms.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 12 Oct 2012
Zhou Yizhou, Smith Daniel, Leong Bryan J, Brännström Kristoffer, Almqvist Fredrik, Chapman Matthew R
Abstract excerpt
Amyloids are highly aggregated proteinaceous fibers historically associated with neurodegenerative conditions including Alzheimers, Parkinsons, and prion-based encephalopathies. Polymerization of amyloidogenic proteins into ordered fibers can be accelerated by preformed amyloid aggregates derived from the same protein in a process called seeding. Seeding of disease-associated amyloids and prions is highly...
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