Excess of Yra1 RNA-Binding Factor Causes Transcription-Dependent Genome Instability, Replication Impairment and Telomere Shortening

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Gavaldá, Sandra ^a   Santos Pereira, José M ^a   García Rubio, María L ^a   Luna, Rosa ^a   Aguilera, Andrés ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN YRA1; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; YRA1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL VIABILITY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METABOLISM; DNA REPLICATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; INTRON; LEU2 GENE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA SYNTHESIS; SENESCENCE; STOICHIOMETRY; TELOMERE SHORTENING; YEAST CELL; YRA1 GENE; FUNGAL GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

DNA REPLICATION; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TELOMERE SHORTENING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84964827938     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005966     Document Type: Article

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