Localization of Sir2p: The nucleolus as a compartment for silent information regulators

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3243-3255

  Gotta, Monica ^a   Strahl Bolsinger, Sabine ^b,c   Renauld, Hubert ^a   Laroche, Thierry ^a   Kennedy, Brian K ^a,d   Grunstein, Michael ^a,c   Gasser, Susan M ^a  

^a SWISS INST FOR EXP CANCER RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Nuclear organization; Nucleolus; Sir2p; Sir3p; Telomere

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; FORMALDEHYDE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RIBOSOME DNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INTERPHASE; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TELOMERE; YEAST;

ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL NUCLEOLUS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECIPITIN TESTS; RAP GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEINS, SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIRTUINS; TELOMERE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0030978951     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.11.3243     Document Type: Article

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