A protosilencer of subtelomeric gene expression in Candida glabrata with unique properties

Genetics

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 101-111

  Juárez Reyes, Alejandro ^a   Ramírez Zavaleta, Candy Y ^a   Medina Sánchez, Luis ^a   de Las Peñas, Alejandro ^a   Castaño, Irene ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; EPITHELIAL ADHESIN; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; TELOMERE;

CANDIDA GLABRATA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE ORDER; GENE SILENCING; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SILENCER ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; SIRTUIN 2; SIRTUIN 3; TELOMERE; TELOMERE-BINDING PROTEINS;

CANDIDA GLABRATA;

EID: 84855428550     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.111.135251     Document Type: Article

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