C-terminal truncation of the Sup35 protein increases the frequency of de novo generation of a prion-based [PSI+] determinant in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Current Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 146-151

  Kochneva Pervukhova, N V ^a   Poznyakovski, A I ^a   Smirnov, V N ^a   Ter Avanesyan, M D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL CARDIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

PSI+ ; Prion; Translation termination; Yeast

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INDUCTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSLATION REGULATION; YEAST CELL;

ALLELES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FUNGAL; PLASMIDS; PRIONS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031692368     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050379     Document Type: Article

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