Molekularny Dr Jekyll i Mr Hyde
Molecular Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Author(s): Kamil LisieckiSubject(s): Health and medicine and law
Published by: Instytut Badań Edukacyjnych
Keywords: prion; prion diseases; PRNP; antiprion activity; Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease; BSE; curcumin; dendrimers; yeast;
Summary/Abstract: Prion proteins are as yet very poorly known family of proteins. However, their unique characteristics make them, since their discovery (which was rewarded with the Nobel Prize) intensively investigated object. In addition, a surprising nature of prion proteins – proteins with two faces – makes them an extremely interesting biological curiosity.
Journal: Edukacja Biologiczna i Środowiskowa
- Issue Year: 2013
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 23-32
- Page Count: 10
- Language: Polish
- Content File-PDF
