Transient inhibition of histone deacetylation alters the structural and functional imprint at fission yeast centromeres

Cell

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1021-1032

  Ekwall, Karl ^a   Olsson, Tim ^b   Turner, Bryan M ^c   Cranston, Gwen ^a   Allshire, Robin C ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DEACETYLATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES; YEAST;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; SACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0031459979     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80492-4     Document Type: Article

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