Depleting components of the THO complex causes increased telomere length by reducing the expression of the telomere-associated protein Rif1p

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Yu, Tai Yuan ^a   Wang, Chen Yi ^a   Lin, Jing Jer ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN HPR1; PROTEIN MFT1; PROTEIN RIF1P; PROTEIN THO2; PROTEIN THO2P; PROTEIN THP2; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HPR1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; MFT1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RIF1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; RLR1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE BINDING PROTEIN; THP2 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEPLETION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; YEAST CELL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NORTHERN BLOTTING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELOMERE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84863346524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033498     Document Type: Article

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