Aggregating knowledge about prions and amyloid.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Prions, self-propagating protein structures that can be transmitted between cells and different organisms, usually consist of ordered protein aggregates. Alberti et al. (2009) now present a systematic approach for the discovery of new prions that expands the spectrum of their biological functions.
Medical subject headings
- Amyloid
- Genome, Fungal
- Prions
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins