Prions in Saccharomyces and Podospora spp.: Protein-based inheritance

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 844-861

  Wickner, Reed B ^a,b   Taylor, Kimberly L ^a   Edskes, Herman K ^a   Maddelein, Marie Lise ^a   Moriyama, Hiromitsu ^a   Roberts, B Tibor ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

CATABOLISM; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PARAMECIUM; PHENOTYPE; PODOSPORA; PRION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES; VIRAL GENETICS;

FUNGI; PARAMECIUM; PODOSPORA; PODOSPORA ANSERINA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032755171     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.63.4.844-861.1999     Document Type: Review

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