Assembly of natural and recombinant prion protein into fibrils
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The conversion of the alpha-helical, cellular isoform of the prion protein (PrP C ) to the insoluble, beta-sheet-rich, infectious, disease-causing isoform (PrP Sc ) is the fundamental event in the prion diseases. The C-terminal fragment of PrP Sc (PrP 27-30) i... ...
