cis-acting DNA from fission yeast centromeres mediates histone H3 methylation and recruitment of silencing factors and cohesin to an ectopic site

Current Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 1652-1660

  Partridge, Janet F ^a   Scott, Kristin S C ^b   Bannister, Andrew J ^c   Kouzarides, Tony ^c   Allshire, Robin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Department of Pathology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING SITES; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, REPORTER; HISTONES; LYSINE; METHYLATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SILENCER ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL;

METAZOA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0036792914     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)01177-6     Document Type: Article

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