Single-Cell Observations Reveal Intermediate Transcriptional Silencing States

Molecular Cell

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 219-229

  Xu, Eugenia Y ^a   Zawadzki, Karl A ^a   Broach, James R ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HETEROCHROMATIN; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPORTER GENE; YEAST CELL;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE SILENCING; GENES, REPORTER; HISTONES; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEINS, SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

SACCHAROMYCES;

EID: 33745967090     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2006.05.035     Document Type: Article

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