Prions Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Prions, including details on mad cow disease, scrapie, cjd.

Volume 6 (2010), Issue 6 (June)

1. Horse prion protein NMR structure and comparisons with related variants of the mouse prion protein.
   J Mol Biol, 400(2): 121-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Complement protein C1q forms a complex with cytotoxic prion protein oligomers.
   J Biol Chem, 285(25): 19267-76. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. A novel method for preclinical detection of PrPSc in blood.
   J Gen Virol, 91: 1883-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Prion protein expression and the M129V polymorphism of the PRNP gene in patients with colorectal cancer.
   Mol Carcinog, 49(7): 693-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Sti1 regulation of Hsp70 and Hsp90 is critical for curing of Saccharomyces cerevisiae [PSI+] prions by Hsp104.
   Mol Cell Biol, 30(14): 3542-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Analysis of the [RNQ+] prion reveals stability of amyloid fibers as the key determinant of yeast prion variant propagation.
   J Biol Chem, 285(27): 20748-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Prion fibrillization is mediated by a native structural element that comprises helices H2 and H3.
   J Biol Chem, 285(27): 21004-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Estimating prion concentration in fluids and tissues by quantitative PMCA.
   Nat Methods, 7(7): 519-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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