Two ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes, Rhp6 and UbcX, regulate heterochromatin silencing in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 8366-8374

  Choi, Eun Shik ^a   Kim, Hyun Soo ^a   Jang, Yeun Kyu ^a   Hong, Seung Hwan ^a   Park, Sang Dai ^a  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; LYSINE; PROTEIN RHP6; PROTEIN UBCX; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA HISTONE INTERACTION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METHYLATION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CENTROMERE; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE SILENCING; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; LIGASES; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UBIQUITIN; UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYMES;

GALLUS GALLUS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0036889390     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.22.23.8366-8374.2002     Document Type: Article

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