Efficient neocentromere formation is suppressed by gene conversion to maintain centromere function at native physical chromosomal loci in Candida albicans

Genome Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 638-652

  Thakur, Jitendra ^a   Sanyal, Kaustuv ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMOSOME POSITIONING; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONVERSION; KARYOTYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AUTOANTIGENS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE CONVERSION; GENE ORDER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC LOCI; PROTEIN BINDING;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS;

EID: 84875973583     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.141614.112     Document Type: Article

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