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Saccharomyces cerevisiae: A sexy yeast with a prion problem

Yeast prions are infectious proteins that spread exclusively by mating. The frequency of prions in the wild therefore largely reflects the rate of spread by mating counterbalanced by prion growth slowing effects in the host. We recently showed that the frequency of outcross mating is about 1% of mit...

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Autores principales: Kelly, Amy C., Wickner, Reed B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Landes Bioscience 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3783106/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23764836
http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/pri.24845