Histone H3 and H4 N-termini interact with SIR3 and SIR4 proteins: A molecular model for the formation of heterochromatin in yeast

Cell

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 583-592

  Hecht, Andreas ^a   Laroche, Thierry ^b   Strahl Bolsinger, Sabine ^a   Gasser, Susan M ^b   Grunstein, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SWISS INST FOR EXP CANCER RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME NOR; HETEROCHROMATIN; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0028919756     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(95)90512-X     Document Type: Article

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