Skip to main content

TABLE 6.

Two independent [URE3] prion strains both require Hsp104a

Donor strain Recipient 1 Results of growth test of cytoductantsb Recipient 2 Results of feeding test of cytoductantsb
4645-8CU [URE3-1] 4751-11AρOhsp104::G418 0/100 4645-8CρO [ure-o] 0/20
YHE64 [URE3-2] 4751-11AρOhsp104::G418 0/100 4645-8CρO [ure-o] 0/20
a

A two-stage cytoduction was carried out, like that in Table 2, with cytoplasm transferred from the donor to recipient 1 and then from those cytoductants to recipient 2. 

b

Number of cytoductants positive for USA/total number tested.