Discriminating taste of prions

Witold K. Surewicz
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Witold K. Surewicz: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA. witold.surewicz@case.edu

Nature, 2007, vol. 447, issue 7144, 541-542

Abstract: Prions are infectious proteins that are involved in brain-wasting disorders such as mad cow disease. In yeast, specific sequences of amino acids in prions seem to mediate prion propagation and cross-species transmissibility.

Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1038/447541b

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