[PSI+] prion variant establishment in yeast

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 866-881

  Sharma, Jaya ^a   Liebman, Susan W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN PIN; PRION PROTEIN PSI; TRANSLATION TERMINATION FACTOR; TRANSLATION TERMINATION FACTOR SUP35; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIED PRION PROTEIN PSI;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAUGHTER CELL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRANDDAUGHTER CELL; GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPAGON; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; YEAST CELL; ZYGOTE;

GENE EXPRESSION; PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS; PRIONS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

MAMMALIA; MAMMALIAN PRION;

EID: 84871724730     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12024     Document Type: Article

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