The Schizosaccharomyces pombe HIRA-like protein hip1 is required for the periodic expression of histone genes and contributes to the function of complex centromeres

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 4309-4320

  Blackwell, Chris ^a   Martin, Kate A ^a   Greenall, Amanda ^a   Pidoux, Alison ^b   Allshire, Robin C ^b   Whitehall, Simon K ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN HIP1; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; FUNGAL DNA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; SLM9 PROTEIN, S POMBE;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL FUNCTION; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME LOSS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; LETHALITY; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SILENCER ELEMENT; YEAST CELL; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CYTOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

METAZOA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CENTROMERE; DNA, FUNGAL; G1 PHASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE SILENCING; GENES, FUNGAL; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

EID: 2942594568     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.10.4309-4320.2004     Document Type: Article

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