prion@STOLAF.EDU (Chris Swanson, Moderator) (03/23/91)
Prion Digest Sat, 23 Mar 91 Volume 1 : Issue 2
Today's Topics:
To get things rolling
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Date: Fri, 22 Mar 91 15:09:35 -0600
From: swansonc@stolaf.edu
Subject: To get things rolling
To: prion
Here's a question to get things rolling. I have just started reading
the articles you all recomended to me and was wondering what CW is
regarding the hunt for DNA and/or RNA in Prions. Is there some NA's
included in there somewhere, are prions just NA modifying protein, or
something else? What are people considering and why? What about the
attempts to denature any NA present in prions? Were they definitive
or not?
Let's here some opinions/hypothesis/facts from out there.
-Chris
Chris Swanson, Chem/CS/Pre-med Undergrad, St. Olaf College, Northfield,MN 55057
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Date: Fri, 22 Mar 91 14:51:52 -0600
From: owner-prion@stolaf.edu
Subject: Update
To: prion
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