Structure, Function, and Amyloidogenesis of Fungal Prions: Filament Polymorphism and Prion Variants

Advances in Protein Chemistry

Volumn 73, Issue , 2006, Pages 125-180

  Baxa, Ulrich ^a   Cassese, Todd ^a,b   Kajava, Andrey V ^c   Steven, Alasdair C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUP35P; PROTEIN URE2P;

AMYLOIDOSIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRIONS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

FUNGAL PRION; FUNGI; PODOSPORA ANSERINA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33845641044     PISSN: 00653233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-3233(06)73005-4     Document Type: Review

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