Redefining what it means to be a prion
Thursday, April 2, 2009 - 13:49
in Biology & Nature
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (April 2, 2009) - Whitehead Institute researchers have quintupled the number of identifiable prion proteins in yeast and have further clarified the role prions play in the inheritance of both beneficial and detrimental traits.
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