Submissions tagged with Prion
(2 documents)
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Evolutionary descent of prion genes from a ZIP metal ion transport ancestor
In the more than 20 years since its discovery, both the phylogenetic origin and cellular function of the prion protein (PrP) have remained enigmatic. Insights into the function of PrP may be obtain…
Received 10 February 2009 21:16 UTC; Posted 10 February 2009
Posted to: Genetics & Genomics, Molecular Cell Biology, Evolutionary Biology
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Water and the Biology of Prions and Plaques
This is an attempt to account for the insolubility and/or aggregation of prions and plaques in terms of a model of water consisting of an equilibrium between high densit…
Received 01 December 2007 11:53 UTC; Posted 17 December 2007
Posted to: Microbiology, Molecular Cell Biology
