Kinetochore and heterochromatin domains of the fission yeast centromere

Chromosome Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 521-534

  Pidoux, Alison L ^a   Allshire, Robin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Centromere; Fission yeast; Heterochromatin; Kinetochore; Microtubule; Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Indexed keywords

CENTROMERE PROTEIN A; COHESIN; DNA; HISTONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; METAZOON; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; YEAST; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

METAZOA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

CENTROMERE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; KINETOCHORES; MEIOSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

EID: 16644385308     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CHRO.0000036586.81775.8b     Document Type: Article

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