Prion formation and polyglutamine aggregation are controlled by two classes of genes

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Manogaran, Anita L ^a,b   Hong, Joo Y ^a   Hufana, Joan ^a   Tyedmers, Jens ^c,d   Lindquist, Susan ^d   Liebman, Susan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION FACTOR 1; BEM1 PROTEIN; BUG1 PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; HOG1 PROTEIN; HUNTINGTIN; LAS17 PROTEIN; POLYGLUTAMINE; PRION PROTEIN; SAC6 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VPS5 PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SUP35 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; TRANSLATION TERMINATION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EXONS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS; PEPTIDES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 79957996872     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001386     Document Type: Article

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