The Schizosaccharomyces pombe hst4+ gene is a SIR2 homologue with silencing and centromeric functions

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3171-3186

  Freeman Cook, Lisa L ^a   Sherman, Joyce M ^a   Brachmann, Carrie B ^b   Allshire, Robin C ^d   Boeke, Jef D ^c   Pillus, Lorraine ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

MAMMALIA; PROKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0032831937     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.10.10.3171     Document Type: Article

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