| Literature DB >> 28392113 |
Irantzu Pallarès1, Salvador Ventura2.
Abstract
Traditionally associated with neurodegenerative diseases, prions are increasingly recognized for their potential to confer beneficial traits on eukaryotic organisms. The discovery of the first bacterial prion suggests that the sustained mechanism of prion assembly is an ancient molecular tool aimed at providing fast and persistent adaptation to changing environments.Entities:
Keywords: amyloid; bacteria; prion; protein aggregation; transcription terminator Rho
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Year: 2017 PMID： 28392113 DOI： 10.1016/j.tim.2017.03.008
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Microbiol ISSN： 0966-842X Impact factor: 17.079