Position effect variegation at the mating-type locus of fission yeast: A cis-acting element inhibits covariegated expression of genes in the silent and expressed domains

Genetics

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 495-508

  Ayoub, Nabieh ^a   Goldshmidt, Idit ^a   Cohen, Amikam ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; POSITION EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

ADENINE; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0033045008     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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