EGO-1, a putative RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, is required for heterochromatin assembly on unpaired DNA during C. elegans meiosis

Current Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 1972-1978

  Maine, Eleanor M ^a   Hauth, Jessica ^b   Ratliff, Thomas ^b   Vought, Valarie E ^a   She, Xingyu ^a   Kelly, William G ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; DNA; EGO 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; EGO-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HIM 17 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HIM-17 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; HETEROCHROMATIN; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; DNA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; MEIOSIS; METHYLATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; RNA REPLICASE;

EID: 27644457375     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.09.049     Document Type: Article

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