The histone fold domain of Cse4 is sufficient for CEN targeting and propagation of active centromeres in budding yeast

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1533-1543

  Morey, Lisa ^a   Barnes, Kelly ^b   Chen, Yinhuai ^a,c   Fitzgerald Hayes, Molly ^a   Baker, Richard E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CSE4 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; HISTONE; NONHISTONE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CENTROMERE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALLELES; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE; HISTONES; KINETOCHORES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TIME FACTORS;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 11144249841     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.3.6.1533-1543.2004     Document Type: Article

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