Hung GC, Masison DC N-terminal domain of yeast Hsp104 chaperone is dispensable for thermotolerance and prion propagation but necessary for curing prions by Hsp104 overexpression. Genetics (173): 611-20, 2006. [Full Text/Abstract]
Yusuf Tutar, Youtao Song and Daniel C. Masison Primate Chaperones Hsc70 (Constitutive) and Hsp70 (Induced) Differ Functionally in Supporting Growth and Prion Propagation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Genetics(172): 851-861, 2006. [Full Text/Abstract]
Wu YX, Greene LE, Masison DC, Eisenberg E Curing of yeast [PSI+] prion by guanidine inactivation of Hsp104 does not require cell division. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (102): 12789-94, 2005. [Full Text/Abstract]
Song Y, Masison DC Independent regulation of Hsp70 and Hsp90 chaperones by Hsp70/Hsp90-organizing protein Sti1 (Hop1). J Biol Chem (280): 34178-85, 2005. [Full Text/Abstract]
Song Y, Wu YX, Jung G, Tutar Y, Eisenberg E, Greene LE, Masison DC Role for Hsp70 Chaperone in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Prion Seed Replication. Eukaryot Cell (4): 289-97, 2005. [Full Text/Abstract]
Jones G Song Y Chung S Masison DC Propagation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae [PSI+] prion is impaired by factors that regulate Hsp70 substrate binding. Mol. Cell. Biol.(24): 3928-3937, 2004. [Full Text/Abstract]
Jones GW Song Y Masison DC Deletion of the Hsp70 chaperone gene SSB causes hypersensitivity to guanidine toxicity and curing of the [PSI+] prion by increasing guanidine uptake in yeast. Mol Genet Genomics (269): 304-11, 2003. [Full Text/Abstract]
Jones GW Masison DC Saccharomyces cerevisiae Hsp70 mutations affect [PSI+] prion propagation and cell growth differently and implicate Hsp40 and tetratricopeptide repeat cochaperones in impairment of [PSI+]. Genetics (163): 495-506, 2003. [Full Text/Abstract]
Jung G Jones G Masison DC Amino acid residue 184 of yeast Hsp104 chaperone is critical for prion-curing by guanidine, prion propagation, and thermotolerance. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (99): 9936-41, 2002. [Full Text/Abstract]
Schwimmer C Masison DC Antagonistic interactions between yeast [PSI(+)] and [URE3] prions and curing of [URE3] by Hsp70 protein chaperone Ssa1p but not by Ssa2p. Mol Cell Biol (22): 3590-8, 2002. [Full Text/Abstract]
Jung G Masison DC Guanidine hydrochloride inhibits Hsp104 activity in vivo: a possible explanation for its effect in curing yeast prions. Curr Microbiol (43): 7-10, 2001. [Full Text/Abstract]
Jung G Jones G Wegrzyn RD Masison DC A role for cytosolic hsp70 in yeast [PSI(+)] prion propagation and [PSI(+)] as a cellular stress. Genetics (156): 559-70, 2000. [Full Text/Abstract]