Sir proteins, Rif proteins, and Cdc13p bind Saccharomyces telomeres in vivo

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 5600-5608

  Bourns, Brenda D ^a,b   Alexander, Mary Kate ^b   Smith, Andrew M ^b   Zakian, Virginia A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA BINDING; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE EXPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SACCHAROMYCES; TELOMERE;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031810967     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.9.5600     Document Type: Article

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