A small, glutamine-free domain propagates the [SWI+] prion in budding yeast

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 3436-3444

  Crow, Emily T ^a   Du, Zhiqiang ^a   Li, Liming ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARAGINE; GLUTAMINE; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN SWI; SWI1 PRION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL BUDDING; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; YEAST;

ASPARAGINE; GLUTAMINE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PRIONS; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 79961150582     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: 10985549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.05338-11     Document Type: Article

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