A novel epigenetic effect can alter centromere function in fission yeast.

doi:10.1016/0092-8674(94)90075-2

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A novel epigenetic effect can alter centromere function in fission yeast.

Cell - 2 Dec 1994

Steiner N C, Clarke L

Abstract excerpt

A novel epigenetic mechanism that can affect minichromosome centromere function in vivo has been identified in S. pombe. This epigenetic system can result in the conversion of a nonfunctional centromere to a functional one without changes in the content, structural arrangement, or chemical modifi...

Topics

Centromere
Chromosomes, Fungal
DNA, Fungal
Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal
Meiosis
Mitosis
Phenotype
Plasmids
Schizosaccharomyces
Transformation, Genetic

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