Structure and Scm3-mediated assembly of budding yeast centromeric nucleosomes

Nature Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Dechassa, Mekonnen Lemma ^a   Wyns, Katharina ^a   Li, Ming ^b   Hall, Michael A ^c   Wang, Michelle D ^b,c,d   Luger, Karolin ^a,d  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c Cornell University   (United States)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTROMERE PROTEIN CSE4; DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PROTEIN SCM3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CSE4 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SCM3 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL BUDDING; CENTROMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME METABOLISM; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; YEAST; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCETALES;

CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; NUCLEOSOMES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 79956267847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1320     Document Type: Article

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