Heterochromatin boundaries are hotspots for de novo kinetochore formation

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 799-808

  Olszak, Agata M ^a   Van Essen, Dominic ^a   Pereira, Antonio J ^b   Diehl, Sarah ^a   Manke, Thomas ^a   Maiato, Helder ^b,c   Saccani, Simona ^a   Heun, Patrick ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c University of Porto   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1; HISTONE; HISTONE H3;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME ARM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE ACETYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; TELOMERE;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOMES, INSECT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; KINETOCHORES; LAC OPERON; LAC REPRESSORS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TELOMERE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 79960028125     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb2272     Document Type: Article

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