Msc1 links dynamic Swi6/HP1 binding to cell fate determination

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1163-1168

  Lawrence, Richard J ^a   Volpe, Thomas A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Heterochromatin assembly; Heterochromatin stability; Mating Type switching; Schizosaccharomyes pombe

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1; MSC1 ENZYME; PROTEIN SWI6; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL MOTILITY; CENTROMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REPORTER GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

CELL LINEAGE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE SILENCING; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENES, REPORTER; HETEROCHROMATIN; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA INTERFERENCE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS;

EUKARYOTA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

EID: 59049104611     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0811161106     Document Type: Article

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