Molekularny Dr Jekyll i Mr Hyde

• Authors: Kamil Lisiecki

Title variants

EN

Molecular Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

EN

Prion proteins are as yet very poorly known family of proteins. However, their unique characteristics make them, since their discovery (which was rewarded with the Nobel Prize) intensively investigated object. In addition, a surprising nature of prion proteins – proteins with two faces – makes them an extremely interesting biological curiosity.

Keywords

EN

prion; prion diseases; PRNP; antiprion activity; Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease; BSE; curcumin; dendrimers; yeast

• Publisher: Instytut Badań Edukacyjnych
• Journal: Edukacja Biologiczna i Środowiskowa
• Year: 2013
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 23-32

Dates

published

2013-06-28

Contributors

author

Kamil Lisiecki

• Uniwersytet Warszawski, Kolegium Międzywydziałowych Indywidualnych Studiów Matematyczno-Przyrodniczych