Separation of silencing from perinuclear anchoring functions in yeast Ku80, Sir4 and Esc1 proteins

EMBO Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1301-1312

  Taddei, Angela ^a   Hediger, Florence ^a   Neumaan, Frank R ^a   Bauer, Christoph ^b   Gasser, Susan M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b Frontiers in Genetics National Center for Competence in Research   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Esc1; Ku; Nuclear organization; SIR proteins; Telomeric heterochromatin

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN ESC1; PROTEIN KU80; PROTEIN SIR4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; YEAST;

ALLELES; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; DIMERIZATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; G1 PHASE; GENE SILENCING; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEINS, SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIRTUINS; TELOMERE;

SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 1942503933     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600144     Document Type: Article

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