RLF2, a subunit of yeast chromatin assembly factor-I, is required for telomeric chromatm function in vivo

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 358-370

  Enomoto, Shinichiro ^a   McCune Zierath, Paul D ^a   Gerami Nejad, Maryam ^a   Sanders, Mark A ^a   Berman, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; fluorescence in situ hybridization; nuclear organization; Rap1 localization factors; silencing; tclomere

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; EPITOPE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL MUTANT; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SILENT GENE; TELOMERE;

EID: 0031049284     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.3.358     Document Type: Article

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