Yeast silencers can act as orientation-dependent gene inactivation centers that respond to environmental signals

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 3496-3506

  Shei, Gan Ju ^a   Broach, James R ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029040527     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.15.7.3496     Document Type: Article

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