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Support for the prion hypothesis for inheritance of a phenotypic trait in yeast.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 2 Aug 1996
Patino M M, Liu J J, Glover J R, Lindquist S
Abstract excerpt
A cytoplasmically inherited genetic element in yeast, [PSI+], was confirmed to be a prionlike aggregate of the cellular protein Sup35 by differential centrifugation analysis and microscopic localization of a Sup35-green fluorescent protein fusion. Aggregation depended on the intracellular concentration and functional state of the chaperone protein Hsp104 in the same manner as did [PSI+] inheritance. The...
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