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The protein Srebp2 drives cholesterol formation in prion-infected neuronal cells
The regulating protein Srebp2 drives cholesterol formation, which prions need for their propagation, in prion-infected neuronal cells. With these findings, published in the current issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, scientists of Helmholtz Zent ...
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Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health
Wednesday, November 18, 2009