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Prions and amyloids : introduction / Reed B. Wickner.

Henry Stewart Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection Available online

Henry Stewart Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection
Format:
Video
Author/Creator:
Wickner, Reed B., author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Prions.
Prions--Laboratory manuals.
Physical Description:
1 videorecording (30 min., 05 sec.) : sound, color
Other Title:
Prions and amyloids
Place of Publication:
London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2008.
System Details:
video file
Summary:
Audio-visual presentation: Definitions of prions and amyloid -- Genetic criteria for a prion -- Prions of mammals, yeast and filamentous fungi -- Prion domains -- Non-amyloid prions.
Contents:
Introduction
Definition of prion and amyloid
Amyloid is usually a pathologic protein form
X-ray fiber diffraction
Amyloid structure
Amyloid fiber growth
Human disease-associated amyloids and prions
Useful amyloids
Prion classification
History of scrapie
Scrapie in ancient China?
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
Yeast and fungal prions
Discovery of genes later found to be prions
Three genetic criteria to identify a prion
[URE3] has the genetic properties of a prion
Comparison of prion domains
Prion is an infectious protein
Vacuolar protease B as a prion
Crippled growth of podospora anserina
MAP kinases as prions
Summery
Themes in prions and amyloidoses
References.
Notes:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://hstalks.com/bs/950/.

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