Dissection and design of yeast prions

PLoS Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Osherovich, Lev Z ^a,b   Cox, Brian S ^b   Tuite, Mick F ^b   Weissman, Jonathan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; CHAPERONE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUTAMINE; OLIGOPEPTIDE; POLYGLUTAMINE; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN NEW1P; PROTEIN SUP35P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PEPTIDE; POLYMER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SUP35 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BUDDING; INHERITANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS REPLICATION; YEAST; CHEMISTRY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PLASMID; PRION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; DNA REPLICATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDES; PLASMIDS; POLYMERS; PRIONS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 19344366926     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020086     Document Type: Article

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