The Chromatin-Remodeling Factor FACT Contributes to Centromeric Heterochromatin Independently of RNAi

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1219-1224

  Lejeune, Erwan ^a   Bortfeld, Miriam ^a   White, Sharon A ^b   Pidoux, Alison L ^b   Ekwall, Karl ^c   Allshire, Robin C ^b   Ladurner, Andreas G ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CELLBIO; DNA

Indexed keywords

MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEIN; SWI6 PROTEIN, S POMBE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HETEROCHROMATIN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HETEROCHROMATIN; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; RNA INTERFERENCE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

EID: 34447264498     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.06.028     Document Type: Article

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