Prions are affected by evolution at two levels

Compartment-specific aggregases direct distinct nuclear and cytoplasmic aggregate deposition

(2015) S. B. Miller et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Yeast Prions: Structure, Biology, and Prion-Handling Systems

(2015) Reed B. Wickner et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

A naturally occurring variant of the human prion protein completely prevents prion disease

(2015) Emmanuel A. Asante et al.   NATURE

Generating new prions by targeted mutation or segment duplication

(2015) Kacy R. Paul et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Signal Transduction by a Fungal NOD-Like Receptor Based on Propagation of a Prion Amyloid Fold

(2015) Asen Daskalov et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Prion-like Polymerization Underlies Signal Transduction in Antiviral Immune Defense and Inflammasome Activation

(2014) Xin Cai et al.   CELL

Effect of Domestication on the Spread of the [PIN+] Prion in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

(2014) A. C. Kelly et al.   GENETICS

Sporadic Distribution of Prion-Forming Ability of Sup35p from Yeasts and Fungi

(2014) H. K. Edskes et al.   GENETICS

Negative Purifying Selection Drives Prion and Doppel Protein Evolution

(2014) Kyriakos Tsangaras et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

PML, SUMO, and RNF4: Guardians of Nuclear Protein Quality

(2014) Anne Gärtner et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Extracellular environment modulates the formation and propagation of particular amyloid structures

(2014) Laura Westergard et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Normal levels of the antiprion proteins Btn2 and Cur1 cure most newly formed [URE3] prion variants

(2014) Reed B. Wickner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Locating folds of the in-register parallel  -sheet of the Sup35p prion domain infectious amyloid

(2014) A. Gorkovskiy et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Chronic wasting disease model of genetic selection favoring prolonged survival in Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus)

(2014) A. L. Williams et al.   Ecosphere

Amyloids and Yeast Prion Biology

(2013) Reed B. Wickner et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Heritable Remodeling of Yeast Multicellularity by an Environmentally Responsive Prion

(2013) Daniel L. Holmes et al.   CELL

Enhanced Virulence of Sheep-Passaged Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Agent Is Revealed by Decreased Polymorphism Barriers in Prion Protein Conversion Studies

(2013) J. Priem et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Blessings in disguise: biological benefits of prion-like mechanisms

(2013) Gregory A. Newby et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

The [PSI+] Prion Exists as a Dynamic Cloud of Variants

(2013) David A. Bateman et al.   PLoS Genetics

Emerging prion disease drives host selection in a wildlife population

(2012) Stacie J. Robinson et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Aerosol Transmission of Chronic Wasting Disease in White-Tailed Deer

(2012) Nathaniel D. Denkers et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Molecular chaperones and stress-inducible protein-sorting factors coordinate the spatiotemporal distribution of protein aggregates

(2012) Liliana Malinovska et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

A yeast model of optineurin proteinopathy reveals a unique aggregation pattern associated with cellular toxicity

(2012) Dmitry Kryndushkin et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Prions are a common mechanism for phenotypic inheritance in wild yeasts

(2012) Randal Halfmann et al.   NATURE

Genomic Clustering and Homology between HET-S and the NWD2 STAND Protein in Various Fungal Genomes

(2012) Asen Daskalov et al.   PLoS One

Sex, prions, and plasmids in yeast

(2012) A. C. Kelly et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

High natural prevalence of a fungal prion

(2012) A. J. M. Debets et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Isolation of phosphatidylethanolamine as a solitary cofactor for prion formation in the absence of nucleic acids

(2012) N. R. Deleault et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Facilitated Cross-Species Transmission of Prions in Extraneural Tissue

(2012) V. Beringue et al.   SCIENCE

A Yeast Prion, Mod5, Promotes Acquired Drug Resistance and Cell Survival Under Environmental Stress

(2012) G. Suzuki et al.   SCIENCE

Prion-Forming Ability of Ure2 of Yeasts Is Not Evolutionarily Conserved

(2011) Herman K. Edskes et al.   GENETICS

[ PSI + ] Prion Transmission Barriers Protect Saccharomyces cerevisiae from Infection: Intraspecies 'Species Barriers'

(2011) David A. Bateman et al.   GENETICS

Molecular Basis for Transmission Barrier and Interference between Closely Related Prion Proteins in Yeast

(2011) Evgenia G. Afanasieva et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Prion Protein Polymorphisms Affect Chronic Wasting Disease Progression

(2011) Chad J. Johnson et al.   PLoS One

Suicidal [PSI+] is a lethal yeast prion

(2011) R. P. McGlinchey et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The [Het-s] prion of Podospora anserina and its role in heterokaryon incompatibility

(2011) Sven J. Saupe   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Yeast prions: could they be exaptations? The URE2/[URE3] system in Kluyveromyces lactis

(2010) Rim Al Safadi et al.   FEMS YEAST RESEARCH

Prions Are Secreted into the Oral Cavity in Sheep with Preclinical Scrapie

(2010) Ben C. Maddison et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Prion sequence polymorphisms and chronic wasting disease resistance in Illinois white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

(2010) Amy C. Kelly et al.   Prion

Transfer of a prion strain to different hosts leads to emergence of strain variants

(2010) S. P. Mahal et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Non-Mendelian determinant [ISP+] in yeast is a nuclear-residing prion form of the global transcriptional regulator Sfp1

(2010) T. Rogoza et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Darwinian Evolution of Prions in Cell Culture

(2010) J. Li et al.   SCIENCE

Two Prion Variants of Sup35p Have In-Register Parallel β-Sheet Structures, Independent of Hydration

(2009) Frank Shewmaker et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Fungal incompatibility: Evolutionary origin in pathogen defense?

(2009) Mathieu Paoletti et al.   BIOESSAYS

A Systematic Survey Identifies Prions and Illuminates Sequence Features of Prionogenic Proteins

(2009) Simon Alberti et al.   CELL

The Strength of Selection Against the Yeast Prion [PSI+]

(2009) J. Masel et al.   GENETICS

Prion Variants and Species Barriers Among Saccharomyces Ure2 Proteins

(2009) H. K. Edskes et al.   GENETICS

Genetic susceptibility to chronic wasting disease in free-ranging white-tailed deer: Complement component C1q and Prnp polymorphisms

(2009) Julie A. Blanchong et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Positive Selection in Prion Protein

(2009) Marko Premzl et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

Prions Are Secreted in Milk from Clinically Normal Scrapie-Exposed Sheep

(2009) B. C. Maddison et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

The yeast global transcriptional co-repressor protein Cyc8 can propagate as a prion

(2009) Basant K. Patel et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

A Novel Protective Prion Protein Variant that Colocalizes with Kuru Exposure

(2009) Simon Mead et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Continuous Quinacrine Treatment Results in the Formation of Drug-Resistant Prions

(2009) Sina Ghaemmaghami et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Curing of the [URE3] prion by Btn2p, a Batten disease-related protein

(2008) Dmitry S Kryndushkin et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Detection of infectious prions in urine

(2008) Dennisse Gonzalez-Romero et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Transmission and Detection of Prions in Feces

(2008) Jiri G. Safar et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Newly identified prion linked to the chromatin-remodeling factor Swi1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

(2008) Zhiqiang Du et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Population genomics of the wild yeast Saccharomyces paradoxus: Quantifying the life cycle

(2008) I. J. Tsai et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Amyloid of Rnq1p, the basis of the [PIN+] prion, has a parallel in-register  -sheet structure

(2008) R. B. Wickner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Amyloid Fibrils of the HET-s(218-289) Prion Form a   Solenoid with a Triangular Hydrophobic Core

(2008) C. Wasmer et al.   SCIENCE

A prion disease of cervids: Chronic wasting disease

(2008) Christina J. Sigurdson   VETERINARY RESEARCH

Prion Switching in Response to Environmental Stress

(2008) Jens Tyedmers et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY