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Prion: disease or relief?

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The self-perpetuating amyloid isoform, or prion, of the yeast translation termination factor eRF3 modulates programmed translational frameshifting that controls a regulatory circuit determining the polyamine levels in a yeast cell. But it is still unclear whether this effect is adaptive or pathological.

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Figure 1: Antizyme regulatory circuit in a yeast cell.

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