The DNA end-binding protein Ku regulates silencing at the internal HML and HMR loci in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Genetics

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1407-1418

  Vandre, Catherine L ^a   Kamakaka, Rohinton T ^b   Rivier, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KU ANTIGEN; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEIN; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEIN 2; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEIN 3; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEIN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL DNA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; YKU70 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; YKU80 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE SILENCING; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEINS, SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 59449085996     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.108.094490     Document Type: Article

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