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Genetic and epigenetic regulation of the FLO gene family generates cell-surface variation in yeast.
Cell - 6 Feb 2004
Halme Adrian, Bumgarner Stacie, Styles Cora, Fink Gerald R
Abstract excerpt
The FLO gene family of Saccharomyces cerevisiae includes an expressed gene, FLO11, and a set of silent, telomere-adjacent FLO genes. This gene family encodes cell-wall glycoproteins that regulate cell-cell and cell-surface adhesion. Epigenetic silencing of FLO11 regulates a key developmental switch: when FLO11 is expressed, diploid cells form pseudohyphal filaments; when FLO11 is silent, the cells grow in yeast...
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