Strain-specific sequences required for yeast [PSI+] prion propagation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 36, 2008, Pages 13345-13350

  Chang, Hsiang Yu ^a,b   Lin, Jia Yu ^a,b   Lee, Han Chung ^a   Wang, Hui Ling ^a   King, Chih Yen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

PSI strains; Amyloid; Sup35

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLYCINE; POLYPEPTIDE; PROLINE; SUP35 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GLYCINE; PRIONS; PROLINE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; THIAZOLES;

EID: 51649088950     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0802215105     Document Type: Article

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