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SUBMITTER: Rodriguez JA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5585850 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rodriguez Jose A JA Jiang Lin L Eisenberg David S DS
Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology 20170901 9
In this review, we detail our current knowledge of PrP<sup>Sc</sup> structure on the basis of structural and computational studies. We discuss the progress toward an atomic resolution description of PrP<sup>Sc</sup> and results from the broader field of amyloid studies that may further inform our knowledge of this structure. Moreover, we summarize work that investigates the role of PrP<sup>Sc</sup> structure in its toxicity, transmissibility, and species specificity. We look forward to an atomic ...[more]