Centromeric heterochromatin assembly in fission yeast-balancing transcription, RNA interference and chromatin modification

Chromosome Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 521-534

  Alper, Benjamin J ^a   Lowe, Brandon R ^a,b   Partridge, Janet F ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Centromere; Heterochromatin; Non coding RNA; RNAi

Indexed keywords

CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; YEAST;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA REPLICATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; MAMMALS; METHYLATION; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA STABILITY; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

EID: 84864886701     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-012-9288-x     Document Type: Review

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