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Analyses of protease resistance and aggregation state of abnormal prion protein across the spectrum of human prions.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 27 Sept 2013
Saverioni Daniela, Notari Silvio, Capellari Sabina, Poggiolini Ilaria, Giese Armin, Kretzschmar Hans A, Parchi Piero
Abstract excerpt
Prion diseases are characterized by tissue accumulation of a misfolded, β-sheet-enriched isoform (scrapie prion protein (PrP(Sc))) of the cellular prion protein (PrP(C)). At variance with PrP(C), PrP(Sc) shows a partial resistance to protease digestion and forms highly aggregated and detergent-insoluble polymers, two properties that have been consistently used to distinguish the two proteins. In recent years,...
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