Sequence specificity and fidelity of prion transmission in yeast

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 444-451

  Bruce, Kathryn L ^a   Chernoff, Yury O ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Prion; Saccharomyces; Species barrier; Yeast

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN PIN; PROTEIN PSI; PROTEIN SUP35; PROTEIN URE3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROTEIN VARIANT; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; YEAST;

MAMMALIAN PRION; SACCHAROMYCES;

EID: 80052813251     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2011.03.005     Document Type: Review

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