NR AXBC
AU Surewicz,W.K.
TI Protein science: discriminating taste of prions.
QU Nature 2007 May 31; 447(7144): 541-2
KZ Nature. 2007 May 31;447(7144):556-61. PMID: 17495929
PT comment; news
AB Prions are infectious proteins that are involved in brain-wasting disorders such as mad cow disease. In yeast, specific sequences of amino acids in prions seem to mediate prion propagation and cross-species transmissibility.
MH Amino Acid Sequence; Amyloid/chemistry/genetics/metabolism; Animals; Candida albicans/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism; Peptide Fragments/chemistry/genetics/metabolism; Prions/*chemistry/classification/genetics/*metabolism; Protein Array Analysis; Protein Structure, Quaternary; Protein Structure, Tertiary; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/chemistry/genetics/metabolism; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Proteins/chemistry/classification/genetics/metabolism; Species Specificity
AD Witold K. Surewicz (witold.surewicz@case.edu), Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
SP englisch
PO England