Unlatching a window into the molecular landscape of prion toxicity

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作者
Requena, Jesus R. [1 ]
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[1] Univ Santiago de Compostela, CIMUS Biomed Res Inst, IDIS, Santiago De Compostela, Spain
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10.1038/s41594-022-00817-4
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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A study published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology now unveils, at the atomic level, the initial mechanisms of prion toxicity, providing insights into the pathogenic mechanisms of a protein neurodegenerative disease caused by protein misfolding.
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