The centromere-specific histone variant Cse4p (CENP-A) is essential for functional chromatin architecture at the yeast 2-μm circle partitioning locus and promotes equal plasmid segregation

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 174, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 779-790

  Hajra, Sujata ^a   Ghosh, Santanu Kumar ^a   Jayaram, Makkuni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CENTROMERE PROTEIN A HOMOLOGUE; COHESIN; HISTONE H3; PROTEIN REP1P; PROTEIN REP2P; PROTEIN RSC2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOPHASE;

CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENES, CDC; KINETOCHORES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33748564585     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200603042     Document Type: Article

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