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[NSI+] determinant has a pleiotropic phenotypic manifestation that is modulated by SUP35, SUP45, and VTS1 genes.
Current genetics - 1 Feb 2012
Nizhnikov Anton A, Magomedova Zalina M, Rubel Alexandr A, Kondrashkina Alexandra M, Inge-Vechtomov Sergey G, Galkin Alexey P
Abstract excerpt
We recently discovered the novel non-chromosomal determinant in Saccharomyces cerevisiae [NSI(+)] (nonsense suppression inducer), which causes omnipotent nonsense suppression in strains where the Sup35 N-terminal domain is deleted. [NSI(+)] possesses yeast prion features and does not correspond to previously identified yeast prion determinants. Here, we show that [NSI(+)] enhances nonsense codon read-through and...
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