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Prion-Prion Interactions [PDF]
The term prion has been used to describe self-replicating protein conformations that can convert other protein molecules of the same primary structure into its prion conformation. Several different proteins have now been found to exist as prions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Surprisingly, these heterologous prion proteins have a strong influence on each
Irina L, Derkatch, Susan W, Liebman
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Infectious proteins (prions) are usually self-templating filamentous protein polymers (amyloids). Yeast prions are genes composed of protein and, like the multiple alleles of DNA-based genes, can have an array of “variants,” each a distinct self-propagating amyloid conformation. Like the lethal mammalian prions and amyloid diseases, yeast prions may be
Dmitry, Kryndushkin +3 more
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Os autores se propõem a revisar alguns aspectos básicos sobre os prions, alertando sobre a possível participação destes na etiologia de algumas enfermidades degenerativas do sistema nervoso.
Godoy, J. M. +2 more
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The discovery of infectious proteins, denoted prions, was unexpected. After much debate over the chemical basis of heredity, resolution of this issue began with the discovery that DNA, not protein, from pneumococcus was capable of genetically transforming bacteria (Avery et al. 1944).
David W, Colby, Stanley B, Prusiner
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Prions: Portable prion domains [PDF]
Self-propagating abnormal proteins, prions, have been identified in yeast; asparagine/glutamine-rich 'prion domains' within these proteins can inactivate the linked functional domains; new prion domains and reporters have been used to make 'synthetic prions', leading to discoveries of new natural prions.
Wickner, R.B. +3 more
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Gene-Edited Cell Models to Study Chronic Wasting Disease
Prion diseases are fatal infectious neurodegenerative disorders affecting both humans and animals. They are caused by the misfolded isoform of the cellular prion protein (PrPC), PrPSc, and currently no options exist to prevent or cure prion diseases ...
Simrika Thapa +5 more
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Simultaneous expression of MMB-FOXM1 complex components enables efficient bypass of senescence
Cellular senescence is a stable cell cycle arrest that normal cells undergo after a finite number of divisions, in response to a variety of intrinsic and extrinsic stimuli. Although senescence is largely established and maintained by the p53/p21WAF1/CIP1
Ruchi Kumari +7 more
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A blood miRNA signature associates with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease diagnosis
Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) is a rapidly progressive dementia. No clinical blood tests are available for diagnosis. The authors identified three miRNAs in whole-blood that are downregulated in sCJD patients, and discriminate sCJD from ...
Penny J. Norsworthy +10 more
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Structural insights into how augmin augments the mitotic spindle
Cell division critically requires amplification of microtubules (MTs) in the bipolar mitotic spindle. This relies on the filamentous augmin complex that enables MT branching. Studies by Gabel et al., Zupa et al. and Travis et al.
Szymon W. Manka
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Hepatic endothelial Alk1 signaling protects from development of vascular malformations while maintaining organ‐specific endothelial differentiation and angiocrine portmanteau of the names Wingless and Int‐1 signaling. Abstract Background and Aims In hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), severe liver vascular malformations are associated with ...
Christian David Schmid +20 more
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