Conversion of a yeast prion protein to an infectious form in bacteria
Prions are infectious, self-propagating protein aggregates that have been identified in evolutionarily divergent members of the eukaryotic domain of life. Nevertheless, it is not yet known whether prokaryotes can support the formation of prion aggregates. Here we demonstrate that the yeast prion pro...
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| Language: | English |
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National Academy of Sciences (U.S.),
2011-03-02T17:15:51Z.
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