Sex, prions, and plasmids in yeast

Even deadly prions may be widespread in nature if they spread by infection faster than they kill off their hosts. The yeast prions [PSI+] and [URE3] (amyloids of Sup35p and Ure2p) were not found in 70 wild strains, while [PIN+] (amyloid of Rnq1p) was found in ~16% of the same population. Yeast prion...

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Published in:	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 109; no. 4; p. E2683
Main Authors:	Kelly, Amy C, Shewmaker, Frank P, Kryndushkin, Dmitry, Wickner, Reed B
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Washington National Academy of Sciences 02-10-2012
Subjects:	Cells Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA Mutation Plasmids Polymorphism Sexually transmitted diseases STD Yeast
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