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Secondary-structure prediction revisited: Theoretical β-sheet propensity and coil propensity represent structures of amyloids and aid in elucidating phenomena involved in interspecies transmission of prions

Prions are unique infectious agents, consisting solely of abnormally-folded prion protein (PrP(Sc)). However, they possess virus-like features, including strain diversity, the ability to adapt to new hosts and to be altered evolutionarily. Because prions lack genetic material (DNA and RNA), these bi...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Taguchi, Yuzuru, Nishida, Noriyuki
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5310760/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28199368
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171974
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