Biología celular. biología celular. Sembrando las semillas proteicas de la propagación priónica

M F Tuite1

  • 1Department of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|August 12, 2000
PubMed
Resumen

Los científicos exploran la hipótesis de la proteína sola para las enfermedades priónicas. Las proteínas de levadura como Sup35p y Ure2p, que existen en formas normales e infecciosas, ofrecen evidencia convincente que apoya esta teoría de la transmisión de priones.

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