Telomeric position effect variegation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Caenorhabditis elegans linker histones suggests a mechanistic connection between germ line and telomeric silencing

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 3681-3691

  Jedrusik, Monika A ^a   Schulze, Ekkehard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL BUDDING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; GENE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SILENCING; GERM LINE; HERMAPHRODITISM; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; POSITION EFFECT VARIEGATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE; TRANSGENE; URA3 GENE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; DNA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE SILENCING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HISTONES; HYDROXAMIC ACIDS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; PEPTIDES; PHYLOGENY; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA INTERFERENCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOFTWARE; TELOMERE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; METAZOA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 0037965571     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.23.10.3681-3691.2003     Document Type: Article

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