Reversible unfolding of infectious prion assemblies reveals the existence of an oligomeric elementary brick.

Reversible unfolding of infectious prion assemblies reveals the existence of an oligomeric elementary brick.

Mammalian prions, the pathogens that cause transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, propagate by self-perpetuating the structural information stored in the abnormally folded, aggregated conformer (PrPSc) of the host-encoded prion protein (PrPC). To date, no structural model related to prion assemb...

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Main Authors: Angélique Igel-Egalon, Mohammed Moudjou, Davy Martin, Alexandra Busley, Tina Knäpple, Laetitia Herzog, Fabienne Reine, Nad'a Lepejova, Charles-Adrien Richard, Vincent Béringue, Human Rezaei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-09-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5589264?pdf=render

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