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Analyzing the birth and propagation of two distinct prions, [PSI+] and [Het-s](y), in yeast.
Molecular biology of the cell - 1 May 2010
Mathur Vidhu, Taneja Vibha, Sun Yidi, Liebman Susan W
Abstract excerpt
Various proteins, like the infectious yeast prions and the noninfectious human Huntingtin protein (with expanded polyQ), depend on a Gln or Asn (QN)-rich region for amyloid formation. Other prions, e.g., mammalian PrP and the [Het-s] prion of Podospora anserina, although still able to form infectious amyloid aggregates, do not have QN-rich regions. Furthermore, [Het-s] and yeast prions appear to differ...
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