Two structurally similar fungal prions efficiently cross-seed in vivo but form distinct polymers when coexpressed

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1392-1405

  Benkemoun, Laura ^a   Ness, Frédérique ^a   Sabaté, Raimon ^a,b   Ceschin, Johanna ^a   Breton, Annick ^a   Clavé, Corinne ^a   Saupe, Sven J ^a  

^a Institut de Biochimie et Genetique Cellulaires   (France)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN FGHET S; PROTEIN HET S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CROSS SEEDING; FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM; IN VIVO STUDY; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PODOSPORA ANSERINA; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; PODOSPORA; PRIONS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

FUNGAL PRION; FUNGI; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; PODOSPORA ANSERINA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 83355166788     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07893.x     Document Type: Article

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