A mutation within the C-terminal domain of Sup35p that affects [PSI+] prion propagation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 640-658

  Kabani, Mehdi ^a   Cosnier, Bruno ^b,c,d   Bousset, Luc ^a   Rousset, Jean Pierre ^b   Melki, Ronald ^a   Fabret, Céline ^b,c  

^a LABORATOIRE D ENZYMOLOGIE ET BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d Institut de Biochimie et Genetique Cellulaires   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; ASPARTIC ACID; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUP35A; PROTEIN SUP35P; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBER; GENE MUTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VIROGENESIS; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS; PRIONS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 79960721428     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07719.x     Document Type: Article

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