Helices 2 and 3 are the initiation sites in the PrP(C) → PrP(SC) transition.

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Published in Biochemistry on December 31, 2012

Authors

Jie Chen1, D Thirumalai

Author Affiliations

1: Biophysics Program, Institute for Physical Science and Technology, and ‡Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland , College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.

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