Defects in RNA quality control factors reveal RNAi-independent nucleation of heterochromatin

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1132-1138

  Reyes Turcu, Francisca E ^a   Zhang, Ke ^a   Zofall, Martin ^a   Chen, Eesin ^a,b   Grewal, Shiv I S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CENTROMERE; EUCHROMATIN; EXOSOME; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RNA INTERFERENCE; UPREGULATION;

CENTROMERE; HETEROCHROMATIN; MUTATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RNA INTERFERENCE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 80455164575     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2122     Document Type: Article

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