Yeast prions act as genes composed of self-propagating protein amyloids.
Wickner
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Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
Taylor
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KL
Edskes
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HK
Maddelein
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Moriyama
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Roberts
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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*
D000682:Amyloid; D011328:Prions