yKu70/yKu80 and Rif1 regulate silencing differentially at telomeres in Candida glabrata

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2168-2178

  Rosas Hernández, Lluvia L ^a   Juárez Reyes, Alejandro ^a   Arroyo Helguera, Omar E ^a   De Las Peñas, Alejandro ^a   Pan, Shih Jung ^b   Cormack, Brendan P ^b   Castaño, Irene ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; TELOMERE BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA GLABRATA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; TELOMERE;

CANDIDA GLABRATA; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE SILENCING; TELOMERE; TELOMERE-BINDING PROTEINS;

CANDIDA GLABRATA; MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 57349186812     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00228-08     Document Type: Article

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