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Nanopore analysis of wild-type and mutant prion protein (PrP(C)): single molecule discrimination and PrP(C) kinetics.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Jetha Nahid N, Semenchenko Valentyna, Wishart David S, Cashman Neil R, Marziali Andre
Abstract excerpt
Prion diseases are fatal neurodegenerative diseases associated with the conversion of cellular prion protein (PrP(C)) in the central nervous system into the infectious isoform (PrP(Sc)). The mechanics of conversion are almost entirely unknown, with understanding stymied by the lack of an atomic-level structure for PrP(Sc). A number of pathogenic PrP(C) mutants exist that are characterized by an increased...
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