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Localization of HET-S to the cell periphery, not to [Het-s] aggregates, is associated with [Het-s]-HET-S toxicity.
Molecular and cellular biology - 1 Jan 2012
Mathur Vidhu, Seuring Carolin, Riek Roland, Saupe Sven J, Liebman Susan W
Abstract excerpt
Prion diseases are associated with accumulation of the amyloid form of the prion protein, but the mechanisms of toxicity are unknown. Amyloid toxicity is also associated with fungal prions. In Podospora anserina, the simultaneous presence of [Het-s] prion and its allelic protein HET-S causes cell death in a self-/nonself-discrimination process. Here, using the prion form of a fragment of HET-s ([PrD(157)(+)]), we...
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