Nuclear organization and transcriptional silencing in yeast

Experientia

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1136-1147

  Gotta, M ^a   Gasser, S M ^a  

^a SWISS INST FOR EXP CANCER RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Silencing; Sir; Subnuclear organization; Telomere position effect; Yeast mating type

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; NUCLEOPROTEIN;

CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST;

CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HISTONES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; YEASTS;

EID: 0030479611     PISSN: 00144754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01952113     Document Type: Review

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