Mechanism for epigenetic variegation of gene expression at yeast telomeric heterochromatin

Genes and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 2443-2455

  Kitada, Tasuku ^a,b   Kuryan, Benjamin G ^a,b   Tran, Nancy Nga Huynh ^a,b   Song, Chunying ^a,b   Xue, Yong ^a,b   Carey, Michael ^a,b   Grunstein, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Histones; Position effect variegation; Silencing; Sir complex; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

RAP1 PROTEIN; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEACETYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE METHYLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; NUCLEOSOME; POSITION EFFECT VARIEGATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; TELOMERE; YEAST;

CULTURE MEDIA; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENOMICS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; PROTEIN BINDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TELOMERE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84868535953     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.201095.112     Document Type: Article

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