Parental expression of the chromodomain protein Pdd1p is required for completion of programmed DNA elimination and nuclear differentiation

Molecular Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 865-872

  Coyne, Robert S ^a,c   Nikiforov, Mikhail A ^b   Smothers, James F ^b   Allis, C David ^b,d   Meng Chao, Yao ^c  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TETRAHYMENA; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0033231648     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80396-2     Document Type: Article

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