Secondary-structure prediction revisited: Theoretical β-sheet propensity and coil propensity represent structures of amyloids and aid in elucidating phenomena involved in interspecies transmission of prions
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171974
Abstract: Prions are unique infectious agents, consisting solely of abnormally-folded prion protein (PrPSc). However, they possess virus-like features, including strain diversity, the ability to adapt to new hosts and to be altered evolutionarily. Because prions lack… read more here.
Keywords: coil propensity; secondary structure; interspecies transmission; structure ... See more keywords