Hyperactivation of the silencing proteins, Sir2p and Sir3p, causes chromosome loss

Genetics

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 605-614

  Holmes, Scott G ^a   Rose, Alan B ^a,b   Steuerle, Kristin ^a   Saez, Enrique ^a,c   Sayegh, Sandra ^a,d   Lee, Young Mi ^a   Broach, James R ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HISTONE H4; SILENCING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISTASIS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SILENCER GENE; TELOMERE;

CHROMOSOME DELETION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, LETHAL; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; HISTONES; PHENOTYPE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEINS, SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIRTUINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031019155     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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