ArticleCellular logistics2013
Variant-specific prion interactions: Complicating factors.
Article in Cellular logistics, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Hsp40s specify functions of Hsp104 and Hsp90 protein chaperone machines.PLoS genetics · 2014Article
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Abstract
Prions are protein conformations that "self-seed" the misfolding of their non-prion iso-forms into prion, often amyloid, conformations. The most famous prion is the mammalian PrP protein that in its prion form causes transmissible spongiform encephalopathy. Curiously there can be distinct conformational differences even between prions of the same protein propagated in the same host species. These are called prion strains or variants. For example, different PrP variants are faithfully transmitted during self-seeding and are associated with distinct disease characteristics. Variant-specific PrP prion differences include the length of the incubation period before the disease appears and the deposition of prion aggregates in distinct regions of the brain.
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