Posted: Jun 12, 2011 12:54 pm
rainbow wrote:Prions don't replicate. They cause other proteins to fold in a particular shape, and this effect can cause further protein misfolding.
Not quite the same thing as replication.
....still a dead end I'm afraid.
Aye! Prions 'cheat' in their replication.
I'm sure that I've read about self assembling proteins from somewhere......
Any biochemists on the thread?
