Two prion-inducing regions of Ure2p are nonoverlapping

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 4516-4524

  Maddelein, Marie Lise ^b   Wickner, Reed B ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN URE2P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INDUCTION; YEAST;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032974451     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.6.4516     Document Type: Article

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