H3k9me-independent gene silencing in fission yeast heterochromatin by CLr5 and histone deacetylases

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Hansen, Klavs R ^a,b   Hazan, Idit ^c   Shanker, Sreenath ^d   Watt, Stephen ^e   Verhein Hansen, Janne ^a   Bähler, Jürg ^e   Martienssen, Robert A ^b   Partridge, Janet F ^d   Cohen, Amikam ^c   Thon, Geneviève ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Simons Center for Quantitative Biology   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE CLR6; HISTONE H3; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE CLR4; PROTEIN CLR5; PROTEIN STE11; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HISTONE; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEIN; STE11 PROTEIN, S POMBE; SWI6 PROTEIN, S POMBE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE METHYLATION; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; YEAST; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EUKARYOTA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 79851484044     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001268     Document Type: Article

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