Blessings in disguise: Biological benefits of prion-like mechanisms

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 251-259

  Newby, Gregory A ^a,b   Lindquist, Susan ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Bet hedging; PriLiM; Prion; Prion like; RNP granule

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; CHAPERONE; CYTOPLASMIC POLYADENYLATION ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; PRION LIKE PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN MOD5; PROTEIN ORB2A; PROTEIN SUP35; PROTEIN URE2; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PRION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; TRANSLATION TERMINATION FACTOR;

CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME INHIBITION; FUNGUS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRION LIKE MECHANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN HOMEOSTASIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PRION;

AMYLOID; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS; PRIONS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84878136082     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: 18793088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2013.01.007     Document Type: Review

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