The Mal2p protein is an essential component of the fission yeast centromere

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 7168-7183

  Jin, Quan Wen ^a   Pidoux, Alison L ^a   Decker, Corina ^a   Allshire, Robin C ^a   Fleig, Ursula ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOME; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SISTER CHROMATID;

CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIDS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; LIGASES; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NONDISJUNCTION, GENETIC; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE COMPLEXES;

FUNGI; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0036787918     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.22.20.7168-7183.2002     Document Type: Article

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