The dynamics of yeast telomeres and silencing proteins through the cell cycle

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 129, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 159-174

  Laroche, Thierry ^a   Martin, Sophie G ^a   Tsai Pflugfelder, Monika ^a   Gasser, Susan M ^a  

^a SWISS INST FOR EXP CANCER RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Cell nucleus; Rap1; SIR proteins; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SIR 2P; PROTEIN SIR 3P; PROTEIN SIR 4P; RAP1 PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SILENCER GENE; TELOMERE;

EID: 0033940731     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.2000.4240     Document Type: Article

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