Jiali Li1, Shawn Browning, Sukhvir P Mahal

  • 1Department of Infectology, Scripps Florida, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|January 2, 2010
PubMed
まとめ

伝染性のタンパク質であるプリオンは,遺伝子を持つ生物と似た変異と選択を現しています. 異なるプリオン菌株は,細胞培養と脳のような環境に適応し,進化の原理を示しています.

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