Amyloidogenesis in nerve tissues cause human diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and Huntington’s disease, and the illness of Louis Gehrig, characterized by specific neurodegenerative symptoms. The frequency of nerve cells with an abnormal number of chromosomes is increased in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. However, the direct impact of prions on the genome stability has not been sufficiently investigated. In our work, we studied the impact of the [PSI+] prions on the stability of the S. cerevisiae genome using the alpha-test system.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)172-174
Number of pages3
JournalRussian Journal of Genetics: Applied Research
Volume7
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Mar 2017

    Scopus subject areas

  • Animal Science and Zoology
  • Genetics
  • Agronomy and Crop Science

    Research areas

  • genome stability, mutagenesis, mutational test systems, prion

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