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chromatin silencing at telomere
Known as:
heterochromatic silencing at telomere
, telomere chromatin silencing
, telomeric silencing
Repression of transcription of telomeric DNA by altering the structure of chromatin. [PMID:10219245]
National Institutes of Health
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chromatin silencing
chromosome, telomeric region
negative regulation of chromatin silencing at telomere
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Conserved Histone Variant H2A.Z Protects Euchromatin from the Ectopic Spread of Silent Heterochromatin
M. Meneghini
,
Michelle Wu
,
H. Madhani
Cell
2003
Corpus ID: 11844791
Boundary elements hinder the spread of heterochromatin, yet these sites do not fully account for the preservation of adjacent…
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Bre1, an E3 ubiquitin ligase required for recruitment and substrate selection of Rad6 at a promoter.
Adam Wood
,
N. Krogan
,
+9 authors
A. Shilatifard
Molecular cell
2003
Corpus ID: 24564263
Ubiquitination of histone H2B catalyzed by Rad6 is required for methylation of histone H3 by COMPASS. We identified Bre1 as the…
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Dot1p Modulates Silencing in Yeast by Methylation of the Nucleosome Core
F. Leeuwen
,
P. Gafken
,
D. Gottschling
Cell
2002
Corpus ID: 7898178
DOT1 was originally identified as a gene affecting telomeric silencing in S. cerevisiae. We now find that Dot1p methylates…
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Lysine methylation within the globular domain of histone H3 by Dot1 is important for telomeric silencing and Sir protein association.
H. Ng
,
Q. Feng
,
+4 authors
K. Struhl
Genes & development
2002
Corpus ID: 163696
The amino-terminal histone tails are subject to covalent post-translational modifications such as acetylation, methylation, and…
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
A phylogenetically conserved NAD+-dependent protein deacetylase activity in the Sir2 protein family.
J. Smith
,
C. B. Brachmann
,
+8 authors
J. Boeke
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
2000
Corpus ID: 27977178
The yeast Sir2 protein, required for transcriptional silencing, has an NAD(+)-dependent histone deacetylase (HDA) activity. Yeast…
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Identification of high-copy disruptors of telomeric silencing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
M. S. Singer
,
A. Kahana
,
+5 authors
D. Gottschling
Genetics
1998
Corpus ID: 36673017
The ends of chromosomes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae initiate a repressive chromatin structure that spreads internally and…
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Components of the Ku‐dependent non‐homologous end‐joining pathway are involved in telomeric length maintenance and telomeric silencing
S. Boulton
,
S. Jackson
The EMBO journal
1998
Corpus ID: 19899627
In the budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, genes in close proximity to telomeres are subject to transcriptional silencing…
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Ultraviolet radiation sensitivity and reduction of telomeric silencing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells lacking chromatin assembly factor-I.
P. Kaufman
,
R. Kobayashi
,
B. Stillman
Genes & development
1997
Corpus ID: 46793232
In vivo, nucleosomes are formed rapidly on newly synthesized DNA after polymerase passage. Previously, a protein complex from…
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
The SIR2 gene family, conserved from bacteria to humans, functions in silencing, cell cycle progression, and chromosome stability.
C. B. Brachmann
,
J. M. Sherman
,
S. Devine
,
E. E. Cameron
,
L. Pillus
,
J. Boeke
Genes & development
1995
Corpus ID: 28983546
Genomic silencing is a fundamental mechanism of transcriptional regulation, yet little is known about conserved mechanisms of…
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Overcoming telomeric silencing: a trans-activator competes to establish gene expression in a cell cycle-dependent way.
O. Aparicio
,
D. Gottschling
Genes & development
1994
Corpus ID: 354254
Genes located near telomeres in yeast are subject to position-effect variegation. To better understand the mechanism of this…
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