Structural features distinguishing infectious ex vivo mammalian prions from non-infectious fibrillar assemblies generated in vitro

Seeded polymerisation of proteins forming amyloid fibres and their spread in tissues has been implicated in the pathogenesis of multiple neurodegenerative diseases: so called "prion-like" mechanisms. While ex vivo mammalian prions, composed of multichain assemblies of misfolded host-encode...

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Main Authors: Terry, Cassandra, Harniman, Robert L., Sells, Jessica, Wenborn, Adam, Joiner, Susan, Saibil, Helen R., Miles, Mervyn J., Collinge, John, Wadsworth, Jonathan D. F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Group Publishing 2019
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Online Access:https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/4564/1/s41598-018-36700-w.pdf