Saccharomyces cerevisiae in neuroscience: how unicellular organism helps to better understand prion protein?

Saccharomyces cerevisiae in neuroscience: how unicellular organism helps to better understand prion protein?

The baker’s yeast Saccharomyces (S.) cerevisiae is a single-celled eukaryotic model organism widely used in research on life sciences. Being a unicellular organism, S. cerevisiae has some evident limitations in application to neuroscience. However, yeast prions are extensively studied and they are k...

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Main Author: Takao Ishikawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
Series:Neural Regeneration Research
Subjects:
amyloid; artificial prion; baker’s yeast; budding yeast; drug screening; fusion protein; neurodegenerative diseases; prion protein; yeast-based assay
Online Access:http://www.nrronline.org/article.asp?issn=1673-5374;year=2021;volume=16;issue=3;spage=489;epage=495;aulast=Ishikawa

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