How Do Yeast Cells Contend with Prions?

Infectious proteins (prions) include an array of human (mammalian) and yeast amyloid diseases in which a protein or peptide forms a linear β-sheet-rich filament, at least one functional amyloid prion, and two functional infectious proteins unrelated to amyloid. In <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae,&...

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Main Authors: Reed B. Wickner, Herman K. Edskes, Moonil Son, Songsong Wu, Madaleine Niznikiewicz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-07-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/21/13/4742