Epigenetically induced paucity of histone H2A.Z stabilizes fission-yeast ectopic centromeres

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1397-1406

  Ogiyama, Yuki ^a   Ohno, Yuko ^a   Kubota, Yoshino ^a   Ishii, Kojiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTROMERE PROTEIN A; CENTROMERE PROTEIN C; CHAPERONE; HISTONE H2AZ; HISTONE H3; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAPHASE; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; COLONY FORMATION; EPIGENETICS; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HETEROCHROMATIN; INTERPHASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMETAPHASE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; STRESS;

EUKARYOTA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

EID: 84890238141     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2697     Document Type: Article

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