細胞生物学. 細胞生物学について. プリオン伝播のタンパク質の種を蒔く

M F Tuite1

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

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

科学者たちは,プリオン病に対するタンパク質のみの仮説を探求しています. Sup35pやUre2pのような酵母タンパク質は,通常の形態と感染形態の両方で存在し,プリオン伝播に関するこの理論を支持する説得力のある証拠を提供します.

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