It seems that many misfolded proteins can act like prions — spreading disease by imparting their misshapen structure to normal cellular counterparts. But how common are bona fide prions really?
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Aguzzi, A. Beyond the prion principle. Nature 459, 924–925 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/459924a
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