Neocentromeres form efficiently at multiple possible loci in candida albicans

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Ketel, Carrie ^a   Wang, Helen S W ^a   McClellan, Mark ^a   Bouchonville, Kelly ^a   Selmecki, Anna ^a   Lahav, Tamar ^a   Gerami Nejad, Maryam ^a   Berman, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; CENTROMERE PROTEIN A; FUNGAL PROTEIN; URA3 PROTEIN, FUNGAL;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL FUNCTION; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMOSOME 5; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; NEOCENTROMERE; NONHUMAN; URA3 GENE; CHROMOSOME; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INVERTED REPEAT; METABOLISM; MITOSIS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; EUKARYOTA;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE SILENCING; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; MITOSIS; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 62149122605     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000400     Document Type: Article

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