Propagation of the yeast prion-like [psi+] determinant is mediated by oligomerization of the SUP35-encoded polypeptide chain release factor

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3127-3134

  Paushkin, Sergey V ^a   Kushnirov, Vitaly V ^a   Smirnov, Vladimir N ^a   Ter Avanesyan, Michael D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL CARDIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Non Mendelian inheritance; Prion; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; SUP35; Translation termination

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; POLYPEPTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; EUKARYOTE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029888121     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00675.x     Document Type: Article

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