Interaction of Prions Causes Heritable Traits in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

The concept of "protein-based inheritance" defines prions as epigenetic determinants that cause several heritable traits in eukaryotic microorganisms, such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Podospora anserina. Previously, we discovered a non-chromosomal factor, [NSI+], which possesses the ma...

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Main Authors: Anton A Nizhnikov, Tatyana A Ryzhova, Kirill V Volkov, Sergey P Zadorsky, Julia V Sopova, Sergey G Inge-Vechtomov, Alexey P Galkin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-12-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5189945?pdf=render