Sentences with phrase «defective cell trait»

In a finding that supports a new mechanism of inheritance and the leading theory as to the mysterious causative agent of «mad cow» disease and human Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease, researchers at the University of Chicago's Howard Hughes Medical Institute have shown that a defective cell trait can be propagated by a faulty protein, without any DNA or RNA serving as the genetic blueprint.

August 2, 1996 Protein particles similar to those suspected in «mad cow» disease found in yeast cells Researchers at the University of Chicago's Howard Hughes Medical Institute have shown that a defective cell trait can be propagated by a faulty protein, without any DNA or RNA serving as the genetic blueprint.