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Channel mutations in Hsp104 hexamer distinctively affect thermotolerance and prion-specific propagation.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Mar 2007
Kurahashi Hiroshi, Nakamura Yoshikazu
Abstract excerpt
The yeast prion [PSI(+)] represents an aggregated state of the translation termination factor Sup35 resulting in the tendency of ribosomes to readthrough stop codons. In this study, we constructed an auxotrophic chromosomal marker, ura3-197 (nonsense allele), applicable to selection for loss of [...
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