Diversity in requirement of genetic and epigenetic factors for centromere function in fungi

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1384-1395

  Roy, Babhrubahan ^a   Sanyal, Kaustuv ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; CENTROMERE PROTEIN A; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HISTONE; NONHISTONE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; FUNGUS; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; CELL DIVISION; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA, FUNGAL; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; HISTONES; HUMANS; KINETOCHORES; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; RNA INTERFERENCE;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 80055121651     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.05165-11     Document Type: Article

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