The prion diseases seem to be caused by a conformational change of the prion protein (PrP) from the benign cellular form PrP C to the infectious scrapie form PrP Sc ; thus, detailed information about PrP structure may provide essential insights into the mechanism by which these diseases develop. In this study, the secondary structure of the recom-
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