Cytoplasmic inheritance. Prion-like factors in yeast.
Some non-Mendelian genetic factors in yeast have properties reminiscent of prions; inheritance of these prion-like factors may involve the autocatalytic conversion of a protein from one metastable state to another.
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002384:Catalysis; D005111:Extrachromosomal Inheritance; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008954:Models, Biological; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010454:Peptide Termination Factors; D011328:Prions / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
D005656:Fungal Proteins; D010454:Peptide Termination Factors; D011328:Prions; C068068:SUP35 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; C067020:URE2 protein, S cerevisiae