The ultrastructure of infectious L-type bovine spongiform encephalopathy prions constrains molecular models.

The ultrastructure of infectious L-type bovine spongiform encephalopathy prions constrains molecular models.

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is a prion disease of cattle that is caused by the misfolding of the cellular prion protein (PrPC) into an infectious conformation (PrPSc). PrPC is a predominantly α-helical membrane protein that misfolds into a β-sheet rich, infectious state, which has a high...

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Main Authors: Razieh Kamali-Jamil, Ester Vázquez-Fernández, Brian Tancowny, Vineet Rathod, Sara Amidian, Xiongyao Wang, Xinli Tang, Andrew Fang, Assunta Senatore, Simone Hornemann, Sandor Dudas, Adriano Aguzzi, Howard S Young, Holger Wille
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-06-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009628

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009628

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