Protein-only transmission of three yeast prion strains

Nature

Volumn 428, Issue 6980, 2004, Pages 319-323

  King, Chih Yen ^a   Diaz Avalos, Ruben ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; YEAST;

GENETIC ELEMENTS; SELF-PROPAGATION;

PROTEINS;

AMYLOID; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YEAST PRION LIKE FACTOR; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SUP35 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE;

BIOLOGY;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUNGAL GENE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; PRION; PRION SUP35; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PSI GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS PURIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL FUSION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMYLOID; CELL FUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRIONS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SONICATION; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 1642617641     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02391     Document Type: Article

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