Chaperones and prions [electronic resource] / Yury Chernoff.
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FilmSeries: Henry Stewart talksBiomedical & life sciences collection. Prions and amyloids : self-propagating protein structures in mammals, yeast and fungi: Publisher: London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2020Description: 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (42 min.) : color, sound)Subject(s): Heat shock proteins | Molecular chaperones | Prion diseases | Prions | Yeast fungi | Amyloid | Cytoskeleton | HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins | HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins | Prion Diseases | Prions -- metabolism | Saccharomyces cerevisiae | UbiquitinOnline resources: Click here to access online | Series Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration.
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Updated version of a talk first published in 2008.
Contents: Prion diseases -- Prions as self-propagating amyloids -- Yeast prions as protein-based heritable elements -- Prion detection -- Crucial role of the chaperone protein Hsp104 in the propagation of yeast prions -- Chaperone-mediated fragmentation turns amyloids into infectious or heritable prions -- Effects of the Hsp70 and Hsp40 proteins on yeast prions -- Other modulators of prion formation and propagation: cytoskeleton and ubiquitin system.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.