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Conversion of a replication origin to a silencer through a pathway shared by a Forkhead transcription factor and an S phase cyclin.
Molecular biology of the cell - 1 Feb 2008
Casey Laurieann, Patterson Erin E, Müller Ulrika, Fox Catherine A
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Silencing of the mating-type locus HMR in Saccharomyces cerevisiae requires DNA elements called silencers. To establish HMR silencing, the origin recognition complex binds the HMR-E silencer and recruits the silent information regulator (Sir)1 protein. Sir1 in turn helps establish silencing by st...
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