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PCNA connects DNA replication to epigenetic inheritance in yeast.
Nature - 9 Nov 2000
Zhang Z, Shibahara K, Stillman B
Abstract excerpt
Formation of a heterochromatin-like structure results in transcriptional silencing at the HM mating-type loci and telomeres in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Once formed, such epigenetically determined structures are inherited for many mitotic divisions. Here we show that mutations in the proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), an essential component at the DNA replication fork, reduced repression of genes near a...
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