Table 1.

How many het-s’s are there?

Name	Meaning
het-s	The name of the locus and one of the alleles at that locus
het-S	The other allele at the het-s locus
[Het-s]	Genotype of cells with the het-s protein in the prion state
[Het-s*]	The absence of [Het-s], i.e., the genotype of cells with het-s protein not in the prion state
pHET-s	The prion form of the het-s protein
pHET-s*	The non-prion form of the het-s protein