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Clues to how prions cross the species barrier
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Correspondence: Kenneth Lee kenlee_fr@yahoo.fr
Genome Biology 2001, 2:spotlight-20010308-03 doi:10.1186/gb-spotlight-20010308-03
Published: 8 March 2001A hybrid prion, created by fusing together prions from two distantly related yeast species, can adopt two distinct shapes and infect both yeast species.