The chromatin of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae centromere shows cell-type specific changes

Chromosoma

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 489-503

  Wilmen, Andreas ^a   Hegemann, Johannes H ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TYPE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS MUTANT; FUNGUS SPORE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 0029926848     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004120050141     Document Type: Article

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