Growth assays to assess polyglutamine toxicity in yeast

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 61, 2012, Pages

  Duennwald, Martin L ^a  

^a BOSTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assays; Biology; Diseases; Growth; Issue 61; Misfolding; Molecular; Polyglutamine; Protein; Yeast

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857834844     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3461     Document Type: Article

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