Luminidependens (LD) is an Arabidopsis protein with prion behavior

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 21, 2016, Pages 6065-6070

  Chakrabortee, Sohini ^a,d   Kayatekin, Can ^a   Newby, Greg A ^a,b   Mendillo, Marc L ^a   Lancaster, Alex ^a,e   Lindquist, Susan ^a,b,c  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Luminidependens; Plant prion domains; Prions

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; LUMINIDEPENDENS; MONOMER; PRION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LD PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SUP35 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; TRANSLATION TERMINATION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING THE ENTIRE ORGANISM; FLOWERING; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; YEAST; ARABIDOPSIS; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS; PRION PROTEINS; PROTEIN DOMAINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 84969895431     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1604478113     Document Type: Article

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