Yeast prions act as genes composed of self-propagating protein amyloids

Advances in Protein Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue , 2001, Pages 313-334

  Wickner, R B ^a   Taylor, K L ^a   Edskes, H K ^a   Maddelein, M L ^a   Moriyama, H ^a   Tibor Roberts, B ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; NITROGEN; PROTEINASE;

AMYLOIDOSIS; CATABOLISM; CELL FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PODOSPORA ANSERINA; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; TRANSLATION REGULATION; YEAST;

FUNGI; HET-S PRION; PODOSPORA; PODOSPORA ANSERINA;

EID: 0034946348     PISSN: 00653233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-3233(01)57026-6     Document Type: Review

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