Prions

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A Prion-based Thermosensor in Plants. 
  • A novel human disease with abnormal prion protein sensitive to protease. 
  • Apolipoprotein E in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. 
  • De novo appearance and "strain" formation of yeast prion [PSI+] are regulated by the heat-shock transcription factor. 
  • Evolution of budding yeast prion-determinant sequences across diverse fungi. 
  • Parkinson's disease from the gut. 
  • Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) for genetic prion disorder due to F198S mutation in the PRNP gene. 
  • Prion disease diagnosis by proteomic profiling. 
  • Prion protein paralog doppel protein interacts with alpha-2-macroglobulin: a plausible mechanism for doppel-mediated neurodegeneration. 
  • Protein amyloidose misfolding: mechanisms, detection, and pathological implications. 
  • Radical changes in beta-amyloid form and function. 
  • Stromal complement receptor CD21/35 facilitates lymphoid prion colonization and pathogenesis.