Prions are a common mechanism for phenotypic inheritance in wild yeasts

The self-templating conformations of yeast prion proteins act as epigenetic elements of inheritance. Yeast prions might provide a mechanism for generating heritable phenotypic diversity that promotes survival in fluctuating environments and the evolution of new traits. However, this hypothesis is hi...

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Main Authors: Halfmann, Randal Arthur, Jarosz, Daniel F., Jones, Sandra K., Chang, Amelia, Lancaster, Alex K., Lindquist, Susan
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/84950
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1307-882X