In Yeast, Prions' Killer Image Doesn't Apply
- 2 August 2002
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 297 (5582) , 758-761
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.297.5582.758
Abstract
Infectious proteins called prions have been fingered for causing an array of rare but horrific brain illnesses. Researchers studying these misfolded proteins have found prions in yeast and fungus; unlike those in mammals, however, they don't seem to harm the host. Now a radical new line of inquiry is casting human prions not as prototypical evildoers but more like the rare bad guys in an extended family of eccentrics.Keywords
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