Danger - misfolding proteins

被引：117

作者：

Ellis, RJ ^{[1
]}

Pinheiro, TJT ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Warwick, Dept Biol Sci, Coventry CV4 7AL, W Midlands, England

来源：

NATURE | 2002年 / 416卷 / 6880期

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D O I：

10.1038/416483a

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Protein folding is vital to living organisms because it adds functional flesh to the bare bones of genes. But errors in this process generate misfolded structures that can be lethal.

引用

页码：483 / 484

页数：2

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