Gcn5p plays an important role in centromere kinetochore function in budding yeast

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 988-996

  Vernarecci, Stefano ^a,b   Ornaghi, Prisca ^b   Bâgu, AnaCristina ^b,c   Cundari, Enrico ^a   Ballario, Paola ^a,b   Filetici, Patrizia ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE GCN5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SAGA;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME LOSS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR DIVISION; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; YEAST;

CELL CYCLE; CENTROMERE; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; KINETOCHORES; MITOSIS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; NUCLEOSOMES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 38549155649     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.01366-07     Document Type: Article

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