Sub-telomeric core X and Y′ elements in S.cerevisiae suppress extreme variations in gene silencing

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Power, Patricia ^a   Jeffery, Daniel ^a   Rehman, Muhammad Attiq ^a,b   Chatterji, Arjun ^a   Yankulov, Krassimir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; GCN5 GENE; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; HAT1 GENE; NONHUMAN; RTT109 GENE; SAS2 GENE; SAS3 GENE; TELOMERE; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSITION EFFECT VARIEGATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMAL POSITION EFFECTS; GENE DELETION; GENE SILENCING; GENES, FUNGAL; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TELOMERE;

EID: 79952765261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017523     Document Type: Article

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