Multiple roles for Saccharomyces cerevisiae histone H2A in telomere position effect, Spt phenotypes and double-strand-break repair

Genetics

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-64

  Wyatt, Holly R ^a   Liaw, Hungjiun ^a   Green, George R ^b   Lustig, Arthur J ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; HISTONE H2A; PROTEIN; PROTEIN SPT; PROTEIN YKU 70; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DEACETYLATION; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE;

ACETYLATION; BLEOMYCIN; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; HISTONES; PHOSPHORYLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0038531105     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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