Prion_structure_membrane_bound_fibril.jpg


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English: The image shows a comparison of normal and infectious prion protein.
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Source NIAID blog: https://wayback.archive-it.org/org-1031/20220422171005/https://www.niaid.nih.gov/news-events/prion-structure-blog
Author Byron Caughey (NIAID, NIH, HHS) and Allison Kraus (Case Western Reserve University).

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For comparison, the normal form of the prion protein is shown tethered to a cell membrane beside the corrupted form that is infectious. The image was created after scientists analyzed thousands of data points from images of infectious prions.

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