Genetic analysis of Rap1p/Sir3p interactions in telomeric and HML silencing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Genetics

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 81-93

  Liu, Cheng ^a   Lustig, Arthur J ^a,b  

^a Weill Cornell Medical Center   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ALLELE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE SILENCING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; WILD TYPE;

ALLELES; BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDE BIOSYNTHESIS; PEPTIDES; RAP GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEINS, SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; TELOMERE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030009208     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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