The Sup35 domains required for maintenance of weak, strong or undifferentiated yeast [PSI+] prions

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1649-1659

  Bradley, Michael E ^a,b   Liebman, Susan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN; SUP35 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIONS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 1642524541     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2003.03955.x     Document Type: Article

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