The effects of amino acid composition on yeast prion formation and prion domain interactions

Prion

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 60-65

  Ross, Eric D ^a   Toombs, James A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Prion; Sup35; Ure2; Yeast

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; ASPARAGINE; GLUTAMINE; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN CYC8; PROTEIN RNQ1; PROTEIN SUP35; PROTEIN URE2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; BETA SHEET; DNA SEQUENCE; HYDROGEN BOND; IN VIVO CULTURE; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PODOSPORA ANSERINA; PRION; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACIDS; ASPARAGINE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; PRIONS; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 77955629284     PISSN: 19336896     EISSN: 1933690X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/pri.4.2.12190     Document Type: Note

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