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Identification of intermediate steps in the conversion of a mutant prion protein to a scrapie-like form in cultured cells.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 25 Apr 1997
Daude N, Lehmann S, Harris D A
Abstract excerpt
The central causative event in infectious, familial, and sporadic forms of prion disease is thought to be a conformational change that converts the cellular isoform of the prion protein (PrPC) into the scrapie isoform (PrPSc) that is the primary constituent of infectious prion particles. To provide a model system for analyzing the mechanistic details of this critical transformation, we have previously prepared...
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