The Evolution of Transmissible Prions: The Role of Deformed Templating

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1-3

  Makarava, Natallia ^a   Baskakov, Ilia V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRION; PROTEIN FOLDING; VIRUS REPLICATION; ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TEMPLATE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; PRION DISEASE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DNA REPLICATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MUTATION; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

EID: 84892874469     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003759     Document Type: Article

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