title: Protein-based inheritance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: [URE3] as a prion form of the nitrogen regulatory protein Ure2.
abstract: The [URE3] element of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae results from the presence of an altered form of the nitrogen regulatory protein Ure2. This altered form acts as an infectious protein (prion). Genes affecting [URE3] initiation and propagation should give valuable information about prion diseases as well as other conformational diseases.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0830, USA. edskes@helix.nih.gov
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Edskes
mesh_terms: D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D011328:Prions / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011328:Prions; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; C067020:URE2 protein, S cerevisiae; D009584:Nitrogen