Prion diseases of yeast: Amyloid structure and biology

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 469-475

  Wickner, Reed B ^a   Edskes, Herman K ^a   Kryndushkin, Dmitry ^a   McGlinchey, Ryan ^a   Bateman, David ^a   Kelly, Amy ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Prion

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID;

BETA SHEET; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRION DISEASE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; YEAST;

EID: 80052800750     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2011.02.021     Document Type: Review

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