Sir2 represses endogenous polymerase II transcription units in the ribosomal DNA nontranscribed spacer

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3848-3859

  Li, Chonghua ^a   Mueller, John E ^a   Bryk, Mary ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; GENOMIC DNA; HISTONE H3; NUCLEASE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEIN 2;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; HISTONES; LYSINE; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOSOMES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETROELEMENTS; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEINS, SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIRTUINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33748304113     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E06-03-0205     Document Type: Article

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