A role for DNA polymerase α in epigenetic control of transcriptional silencing in fission yeast

EMBO Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2857-2866

  Nakayama, Jun Ichi ^a   Allshire, Robin C ^b   Klar, Amar J S ^c   Grewal, Shiv I S ^a  

^a Simons Center for Quantitative Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA polymerase; Epigenetic; Fission yeast; Heterochromatin; Silencing

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA REPLICATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA POLYMERASE I; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0035355469     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.11.2857     Document Type: Article

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