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Prion replication environment defines the fate of prion strain adaptation.
PLoS pathogens - 1 Jun 2018
Katorcha Elizaveta, Gonzalez-Montalban Nuria, Makarava Natallia, Kovacs Gabor G, Baskakov Ilia V
Abstract excerpt
The main risk of emergence of prion diseases in humans is associated with a cross-species transmission of prions of zoonotic origin. Prion transmission between species is regulated by a species barrier. Successful cross-species transmission is often accompanied by strain adaptation and result in stable changes of strain-specific disease phenotype. Amino acid sequences of host PrPC and donor PrPSc as well as...
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