Global effects on gene expression in fission yeast by silencing and RNA interference machineries

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 590-601

  Hansen, Klavs R ^a   Burns, Gavin ^b   Mata, Juan ^b   Volpe, Thomas A ^c   Martienssen, Robert A ^c   Bähler, Jürg ^b   Thon, Geneviève ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c Watson School of Biological Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN CLR; PROTEIN RDRP; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL MUTANT; CENTROMERE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; RNA INTERFERENCE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TELOMERE;

CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE SILENCING; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RETROELEMENTS; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA INTERFERENCE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; STATISTICS; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 11844277040     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.25.2.590-601.2005     Document Type: Article

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