Prion-like proteins as epigenetic devices of stress adaptation.

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Epigenetic modifications allow cells to quickly alter their gene expression and adapt to different stresses. In addition to direct chromatin modifications, prion-like proteins have recently emerged as a system that can sense and adapt the cellular response to stressful conditions. Interestingly, such responses are maintained through prions' self-templating conformations and transmitted to the progeny of the cell...

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