Yeast prions: Inheritance by seeded protein polymerization?

Current Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 1997, Pages

  Lansbury Jr , Peter T ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 12644276370     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(06)00316-2     Document Type: Review

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