Intriguing in vitro results highlight the possibility that conformational differences between prion proteins with the same sequence contribute to the barrier that limits prion propagation between species.
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Liebman, S. The shape of a species barrier. Nature 410, 161–162 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35065778
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