Spt10 and Spt21 are required for transcriptional silencing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 118-129

  Chang, Jennifer S ^a   Winston, Fred ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; RIBOSOME DNA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEIN; SPT10 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; SPT21 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; DOWN REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE;

CHROMATIN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; HISTONES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEINS, SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 78651484494     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00246-10     Document Type: Article

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