A novel RNAi protein, Dsh1, assembles RNAi machinery on chromatin to amplify heterochromatic siRNA

Genes and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1811-1824

  Kawakami, Kei ^a,b   Hayashi, Aki ^c   Nakayama, Jun Ichi ^c   Murakami, Yota ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fission yeast; Heterochromatin; RNAi; siRNA

Indexed keywords

DCR1 PROTEIN; DEFECT OF THE GENE SILENCING AT CENTROMERIC HETEROCHROMATIN 1 PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTROMERE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FUNGAL GENE; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SYNTHESIS; YEAST;

CHROMATIN; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; HETEROCHROMATIN; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS;

EID: 84865064102     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.190272.112     Document Type: Article

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