Myosin-like proteins 1 and 2 are not required for silencing or telomere anchoring, but act in the Tel1 pathway of telomere length control

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 79-91

  Hediger, Florence ^a   Dubrana, Karine ^a   Gasser, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

FISH; Ku; Mlp; Nuclear organization; Silencing; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; MYOSIN LIKE PROTEIN 1; MYOSIN LIKE PROTEIN 2; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TELOMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL NUCLEUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TELOMERE; YEAST CELL;

BLEOMYCIN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; GENE DELETION; GENE SILENCING; GENOTYPE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036968369     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-8477(02)00533-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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