Rap1-Sir4 binding independent of other Sir, yKu, or histone interactions initiates the assembly of telomeric heterochromatin in yeast

Genes and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1528-1539

  Luo, Kunheng ^a   Vega Palas, Miguel A ^a,b   Grunstein, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CSIC JA USE Centro de Investigaciones Cientificas Isla de la Cartuja CICIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heterochromatin; Initiation; Rap1; Sir; Spreading; Telomere

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; HISTONE; PROTEIN SIR4; PROTEIN YKU; RAP PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; GENE REPRESSION; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE; YEAST;

ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; BINDING SITES; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES; DNA; DNA HELICASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; HISTONES; LYSINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RAP1 GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEINS, SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIRTUINS; TELOMERE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0037097940     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.988802     Document Type: Article

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