Yeast Prions: Proteins Templating Conformation and an Anti-prion System

Reed B. Wickner; Herman K. Edskes; David A. Bateman; Anton Gorkovskiy; Yaron Dayani; Evgeny E. Bezsonov; Maryam Mukhamedova

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1004584

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Yeast Prions: Proteins Templating Conformation and an Anti-prion System

Reed B. Wickner ,

* E-mail: wickner@helix.nih.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Herman K. Edskes,

Affiliation Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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David A. Bateman,

Affiliation Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Anton Gorkovskiy,

Affiliation Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Yaron Dayani,

Affiliation Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Evgeny E. Bezsonov,

Affiliation Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Maryam Mukhamedova

Affiliation Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Yeast Prions: Proteins Templating Conformation and an Anti-prion System

Reed B. Wickner,
Herman K. Edskes,
David A. Bateman,
Anton Gorkovskiy,
Yaron Dayani,
Evgeny E. Bezsonov,
Maryam Mukhamedova

Published: February 5, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1004584

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