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Prions, the misfolded proteins that are known for causing degenerative illnesses in animals and humans, may have been spotted for the 1st time in plants. Researchers led by Susan Lindquist, a biologist at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts, report that they have found a section of protein in thale cress (arabidopsis) that behaves like a prion when it is inserted into yeast.
In plants, the protein is called Luminidependens (LD), and it is normally
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