Molecular mechanisms for protein-encoded inheritance
Wiltzius, J.J., Landau, M., Nelson, R., Sawaya, M.R., Apostol, M.I., Goldschmidt, L., Soriaga, A.B., Cascio, D., Rajashankar, K., Eisenberg, D.(2009) Nat Struct Mol Biol 16: 973-978
- PubMed: 19684598 
- DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1643
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3FOD, 3FTR, 3FTK, 3FTL, 3FTH, 3FVA, 3FPO, 3FR1, 4NP8 - PubMed Abstract: 
In prion inheritance and transmission, strains are phenotypic variants encoded by protein 'conformations'. However, it is unclear how a protein conformation can be stable enough to endure transmission between cells or organisms. Here we describe new ...