RNA Pol II subunit Rpb7 promotes centromeric transcription and RNAi-directed chromatin silencing

Genes and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 2301-2306

  Djupedal, Ingela ^a   Portoso, Manuela ^b   Spåhr, Henrik ^c   Bonilla, Carolina ^a   Gustafsson, Claes M ^c   Allshire, Robin C ^b   Ekwall, Karl ^a  

^a School of Life Sciences Södertörn University   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Centromeres; Heterochromatin; RNA polymerase II; RNAi; Rpb7

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; RNA POLYMERASE II; RPB7 ENZYME; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 25844480848     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.344205     Document Type: Article

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