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The mechanism of toxicity in HET-S/HET-s prion incompatibility.
PLoS biology - 1 Jan 2012
Seuring Carolin, Greenwald Jason, Wasmer Christian, Wepf Roger, Saupe Sven J, Meier Beat H, Riek Roland
Abstract excerpt
The HET-s protein from the filamentous fungus Podospora anserina is a prion involved in a cell death reaction termed heterokaryon incompatibility. This reaction is observed at the point of contact between two genetically distinct strains when one harbors a HET-s prion (in the form of amyloid aggregates) and the other expresses a soluble HET-S protein (96% identical to HET-s). How the HET-s prion interaction with...
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