Centromere Silencing and Function in Fission Yeast Is Governed by the Amino Terminus of Histone H3

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 1748-1757

  Mellone, Barbara G ^a,b   Ball, Leslie ^b   Suka, Noriyuki ^c   Grunstein, Michael R ^c   Partridge, Janet F ^b,d   Allshire, Robin C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SACCHAROMYCETALES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0142136096     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2003.09.031     Document Type: Article

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