A novel Rap1p-interacting factor, Rif2p, cooperates with Rif1p to regulate telomere length in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 748-760

  Wotton, David ^a,c   Shore, David ^b  

^a The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Rap1p; Rif1p; Rif2p; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; telomere length; transcriptional silencing

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME SIZE; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0030995534     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.6.748     Document Type: Article

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