SAS4 and SAS5 are locus-specific regulators of silencing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Genetics

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-33

  Xu, Eugenia Y ^a   Kim, Susan ^a   Rivier, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HISTONE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA REPLICATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE;

ALLELES; CHROMATIN; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEINS, SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; TELOMERE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0032867360     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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