Degradation of the disease-associated prion protein by a serine protease from lichens.
The disease-associated prion protein (PrP(TSE)), the probable etiological agent of the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), is resistant to degradation and can persist in the environment. Lichens, mutualistic symbioses containing fungi, algae, bacteria and occasionally cyanobacteria, ar...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011
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