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Understanding the Effect of Disease-Related Mutations on Human Prion Protein Structure: Insights From NMR Spectroscopy.
Progress in molecular biology and translational science - 1 Jan 2017
Biljan Ivana, Ilc Gregor, Plavec Janez
Abstract excerpt
Prion diseases or transmissible spongiform encephalopathies constitute a group of fatal neurodegenerative diseases that can be of sporadic, genetic, or acquired origin. The central molecular event of prion diseases is the conformational conversion of the physiological cellular prion protein, PrPC, into a disease-associated form known as prion or PrPSc. Spontaneous generation of prions in genetic prion diseases is...
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