Self-replicating protein conformations and information transfer: The adaptive β-sheet model

Bioscience Hypotheses

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 82-89

  Maury, C P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Beta sheet protein aggregates; Epigenetic inheritance; Evolution; Long term cell memory; Protein based inheritance

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; CHAPERONE; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEINASE;

AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INHERITANCE; MEMORY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 48349091748     PISSN: 17562392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bihy.2008.02.010     Document Type: Article

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