title: Yeast prions act as genes composed of self-propagating protein amyloids.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Wickner
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Edskes
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Maddelein
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Moriyama
authors.forename: B T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000682:Amyloid / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010641:Phenotype; D011328:Prions / Q000502:physiology*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D000682:Amyloid; D011328:Prions