A chromodomain protein, Chp1, is required for the establishment of heterochromatin in fission yeast
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A chromodomain protein, Chp1, is required for the establishment of heterochromatin in fission yeast.
The chromodomain is a conserved motif that functions in the epigenetic control of gene expression. Here, we report the functional characterization of a chromodomain protein, Chp1, in the heterochromatin assembly in fission yeast. We show that Chp1 is a structural component of three heterochromatic regions-centromeres, the mating-type region, and telomeres-and that its localization in these regi...
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عنوان ژورنال: The EMBO Journal
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0261-4189,1460-2075
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600401