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Genomewide screen for negative regulators of sirtuin activity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae reveals 40 loci and links to metabolism.
Genetics - 1 Aug 2008
Raisner Ryan M, Madhani Hiten D
Abstract excerpt
Sirtuins are conserved proteins implicated in myriad key processes including gene control, aging, cell survival, metabolism, and DNA repair. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the sirtuin Silent information regulator 2 (Sir2) promotes silent chromatin formation, suppresses recombination between repeats, and inhibits senescence. We performed a genomewide screen for factors that negatively regulate Sir activity at a...
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