Evidence for two prions in yeast: [URE3] and [PSI]

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 207, Issue , 1996, Pages 147-160

  Wickner, R B ^a   Masison, D C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOGENOUS COMPOUND;

GENETICS; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MITOCHONDRION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRION; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029655338     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-60983-1_10     Document Type: Review

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