Distinct centromere domain structures with separate functions demonstrated in live fission yeast cells

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 116, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 4035-4042

  Appelgren, Henrik ^a   Kniola, Barbara ^a   Ekwall, Karl ^a,b  

^a SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Centromere; Fission yeast; Live analysis; Mitosis

Indexed keywords

DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HISTONE H3;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL MUTANT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE MUTATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; INTERPHASE; METAPHASE; MICROSCOPY; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SACCHAROMYCES; SPINDLE POLE BODY; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; YEAST CELL;

CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTERPHASE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

ANIMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0142042826     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00707     Document Type: Article

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