Single Cell Visualization of Yeast Gene Expression Shows Correlation of Epigenetic Switching between Multiple Heterochromatic Regions through Multiple Generations

PLoS Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Mano, Yasunobu ^a,b   Kobayashi, Tetsuya J ^c,d   Nakayama, Jun ichi ^e,f   Uchida, Hiroyuki ^a   Oki, Masaya ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e RIKEN   (Japan)

^f NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE GCN5;

ADE2 GENE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SILENCING; GENE SWITCHING; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE GCN5 GENE; HISTONE MODIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POSITION EFFECT; REPORTER GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; TELOMERE; URA3 GENE;

EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 84880926337     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001601     Document Type: Article

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