Functional mammalian homologues of the Drosophila PEV-modifier Su(var)3-9 encode centromere-associated proteins which complex with the heterochromatin component M31

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1923-1938

  Aagaard, Louise ^e   Laible, Götz ^a   Selenko, Philipp ^e   Schmid, Manfred ^e   Dorn, Rainer ^b   Schotta, Gunnar ^b   Kuhfittig, Steffi ^b   Wolf, Andrea ^e   Lebersorger, Angelika ^e   Singh, Prim B ^c,d   Reuter, Gunter ^b   Jenuwein, Thomas ^e  

^a RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Centromeres; Chromo and SET domains; Heterochromatin; Mammalian SU(VAR) complex; PEV in Drosophila

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERPHASE; MARKER GENE; METAPHASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0033118322     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.7.1923     Document Type: Article

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