Gene activation at a distance and telomeric silencing are not affected by yeast histone H1

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 256, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 456-461

  Escher, D ^a   Schaffner, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Hho1p; Remote activation; Telomeric silencing; Yeast histone H1

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H1;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DATA BASE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEA URCHIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TATA BOX; TELOMERE; VERTEBRATE; YEAST;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HISTONES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; REPLICATION PROTEIN C; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEA URCHINS; TELOMERE;

ECHINOIDEA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030726678     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050589     Document Type: Article

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