Nanopore analysis of wild-type and mutant prion protein (PrP(C)): single molecule discrimination and PrP(C) kinetics.

Prion diseases are fatal neurodegenerative diseases associated with the conversion of cellular prion protein (PrP(C)) in the central nervous system into the infectious isoform (PrP(Sc)). The mechanics of conversion are almost entirely unknown, with understanding stymied by the lack of an atomic-leve...

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Main Authors: Nahid N Jetha, Valentyna Semenchenko, David S Wishart, Neil R Cashman, Andre Marziali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3564863?pdf=render