Insights into assembly and regulation of centromeric chromatin in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Volumn 1819, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 776-783

  Choy, John S ^a   Mishra, Prashant K ^a   Au, Wei Chun ^a   Basrai, Munira A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

CenH3; Chromosome segregation; Cse4; Histone H4 acetylation; Kinetochore; Scm3 HJURP

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H4; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION RECOGNITION PROTEIN; PROTEIN; SCM3 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME LOSS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STOICHIOMETRY;

ANIMALS; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HISTONES; HUMANS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 84861859057     PISSN: 18749399     EISSN: 18764320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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