TFIIIC binding sites function as both heterochromatin barriers and chromatin insulators in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2078-2086

  Simms, Tiffany A ^a   Dugas, Sandra L ^a   Gremillion, Jason C ^a   Ibos, Megan E ^a   Dandurand, M Nicole ^a   Toliver, Tasha T ^a   Edwards, Daniel J ^a   Donze, David ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR III; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIIC; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN; GENETICS; HETEROCHROMATIN; INSULATOR ELEMENT; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BINDING SITES; CHROMATIN; HETEROCHROMATIN; INSULATOR ELEMENTS; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA POLYMERASE III; RNA, TRANSFER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS, TFIII;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 57349129792     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00128-08     Document Type: Article

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