Prion properties of the Sup35 protein of yeast Pichia methanolica

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 324-331

  Kushnirov, Vitaly V ^a   Kochneva Pervukhova, Natalia V ^a   Chechenova, Maria B ^a   Frolova, Natalia S ^a   Ter Avanesyan, Michael D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL CARDIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Evolutionary conservation; Pichia methanolica; Prion; Release factor eRF3; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 104; PRION PROTEIN; TRANSLATION TERMINATION FACTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CYTOPLASM; FUNGAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PICHIA; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; TRANSLATION REGULATION; YEAST;

PICHIA; PICHIA METHANOLICA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0034142191     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.3.324     Document Type: Article

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