Identification of novel chromatin-associated proteins involved in programmed genome rearrangements in Tetrahymena

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1978-1989

  Yao, Meng Chao ^a,c   Yao, Ching Ho ^a   Halasz, Lia M ^a   Fuller, Patrick ^a   Rexer, Charles H ^b   Wang, Sidney H ^b   Jain, Rajat ^b   Coyne, Robert S ^a,d   Chalker, Douglas L ^b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromodomain; Ciliate; DNA rearrangement; Heterochromatin; RNAi

Indexed keywords

CHROMODOMAIN PROTEIN; DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOME; GERM LINE; MACRONUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SCREENING; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CYTOPLASM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

CILIOPHORA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 34347328249     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.006502     Document Type: Article

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