Faithful chromosome transmission requires Spt4p, a putative regulator of chromatin structure in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2838-2847

  Basrai, Munira A ^a   Kingsbury, Jeffrey ^b   Koshland, Douglas ^b   Spencer, Forrest ^a   Hieter, Philip ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TEMPERATURE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029905349     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.6.2838     Document Type: Article

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