SET1, a yeast member of the Trithorax family, functions in transcriptional silencing and diverse cellular processes

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2421-2436

  Nislow, Corey ^a,b   Ray, Evan ^a   Pillus, Lorraine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE; CELL TRANSPORT; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DROSOPHILA; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SILENCER GENE; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030668324     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.8.12.2421     Document Type: Article

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