SIR2 and SIR4 interactions differ in core and extended telomeric heterochromatin in yeast

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 83-93

  Strahl Bolsinger, Sabine ^a,b   Hecht, Andreas ^a,c   Luo, Kunheng ^a   Grunstein, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heterochromatin; RAP1; silencing; SIR proteins; telomeres

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SILENCER GENE; TELOMERE; YEAST;

EID: 0031027431     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.1.83     Document Type: Article

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