Introducing a Rigid Loop Structure from Deer into Mouse Prion Protein Increases Its Propensity for Misfolding In Vitro

• Leah M. Kyle,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

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• Theodore R. John,

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

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• Hermann M. Schätzl ,

  * E-mail: hschatzl@uwyo.edu

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

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• Randolph V. Lewis

  Affiliation Department of Biology and Synthetic Bioproducts Institute, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

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