The transcriptional activator SWI was recently shown to propagate as a prion in yeast. Cyc8, a co-repressor that regulates a similar set of genes as SWI, also propagates as a prion, suggesting a link between chromatin remodelling and cytoplasmic inheritance of prion traits.
- Basant K. Patel
- Jackie Gavin-Smyth
- Susan W. Liebman