Live imaging of telomeres: yKu and Sir proteins define redundant telomere-anchoring pathways in yeast

Current Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 2076-2089

  Hediger, Florence ^a   Neumann, Frank R ^a   Van Houwe, Griet ^a   Dubrana, Karine ^a   Gasser, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HIGH AFFINITY DNA BINDING FACTOR, S CEREVISIAE; HIGH AFFINITY DNA-BINDING FACTOR, S CEREVISIAE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; MIP1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; PHOTOPROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEIN; SIR2 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; SIR4 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; SIRTUIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL NUCLEUS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERPHASE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MITOSIS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELOMERE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; YEAST;

CELL NUCLEUS; DNA POLYMERASE I; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTERPHASE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MITOSIS; MUTATION; S PHASE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEINS, SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIRTUINS; TELOMERE; YEASTS;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0037164718     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)01338-6     Document Type: Article

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