Supporting the structural basis of prion strains: Induction and identification of [PSI] variants

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 307, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1247-1260

  King, Chih Yen ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Prion strain; SUP35; Yeast; PSI

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUP35; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0035853292     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.4542     Document Type: Article

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