Inter-allelic prion propagation reveals conformational relationships among a multitude of [PSI] strains

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Lin, Jia Yu ^a,b   Liao, Tzu Ya ^a   Lee, Han Chung ^a   King, Chih Yen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; GLYCINE; SUP35 PROTEIN; TRANSLATION TERMINATION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SUP35 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; HETEROZYGOTE; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; PRION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUP35 GENE; YEAST; ALLELE; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOIDY; HOMOZYGOTE; METABOLISM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPHEROPLAST;

PSI PRION;

ALLELES; AMYLOID; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOIDY; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS; PRIONS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SPHEROPLASTS;

EID: 80053442711     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002297     Document Type: Article

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