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PrP P102L and Nearby Lysine Mutations Promote Spontaneous In Vitro Formation of Transmissible Prions.
Journal of virology - 1 Nov 2017
Kraus Allison, Raymond Gregory J, Race Brent, Campbell Katrina J, Hughson Andrew G, Anson Kelsie J, Raymond Lynne D, Caughey Byron
Abstract excerpt
Accumulation of fibrillar protein aggregates is a hallmark of many diseases. While numerous proteins form fibrils by prion-like seeded polymerization in vitro, only some are transmissible and pathogenic in vivo To probe the structural features that confer transmissibility to prion protein (PrP) fibrils, we have analyzed synthetic PrP amyloids with or without the human prion disease-associated P102L mutation. The...
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