Extra N-terminal residues have a profound effect on the aggregation properties of the potential yeast prion protein Mca1

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Erhardt, Marc ^a,c   Wegrzyn, Renee D ^b   Deuerling, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MCA1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SUP35 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; TRANSLATION TERMINATION FACTOR;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PRION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CASPASES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS; PHENOTYPE; PRIONS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79952116610     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009929     Document Type: Article

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