A viral expression factor behaves as a prion

Nature Communications

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Nan, Hao ^a   Chen, Hongying ^a   Tuite, Mick F ^b   Xu, Xiaodong ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN AGGREGATE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SUP35 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; TRANSLATION TERMINATION FACTOR; VIRAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACULOVIRIDAE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; VIRUS; VIRUS EXPRESSION; VIRUS INFECTION; YEAST; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FOLDING; REPORTER GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SF9 CELL LINE; SPODOPTERA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACULOVIRIDAE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS; PHENOTYPE; PRION PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN AGGREGATES; PROTEIN FOLDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SF9 CELLS; SPODOPTERA; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 85060205440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-08180-z     Document Type: Article

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