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Evidence for Retrogene Origins of the Prion Gene Family
The evolutionary origin of prion genes, only known to exist in the vertebrate lineage, had remained elusive until recently. Following a lead from interactome investigations of the murine prion protein, our previous bioinformatic analyses revealed the evolutionary descent of prion genes from an ances...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3203146/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22046361 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026800 |