Expression of rRNA genes and nucleolus formation at ectopic chromosomal sites in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 6223-6238

  Oakes, Melanie L ^a   Johzuka, Katsuki ^a,c   Vu, Loan ^a   Eliason, Kristilyn ^a,d   Nomura, Masayasu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^d Myriad Genetic Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEN5 GENE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RDN1 GENE; RNA GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEOLUS; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; DNA REPEAT EXPANSION; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33746983545     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.02324-05     Document Type: Article

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