RNA interference is required for normal centromere function in fission yeast

Chromosome Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-146

  Volpe, Tom ^b   Schramke, Vera ^a   Hamilton, Georgina L ^a   White, Sharon A ^a   Teng, Grace ^b   Martienssen, Robert A ^b   Allshire, Robin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Centromere; Chromosome segregation; Kinetochore; RNAi; Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Indexed keywords

COHESIN; HISTONE H3; LYSINE; PROTEIN AGO1; PROTEIN DCR1; PROTEIN SWI6; REPETITIVE DNA; RNA; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAPHASE; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METHYLATION; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; YEAST;

CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA METHYLATION; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SILENCING; HISTONES; INDOLES; KINETOCHORES; PRECIPITIN TESTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0038738781     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022815931524     Document Type: Article

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