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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 regionnegative regulation of chromatin silencing at telomere

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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
HST3/HST4-dependent deacetylation of lysine 56 of histone H3 in silent chromatin.
The composition of posttranslational modifications on newly synthesized histones must be altered upon their incorporation into… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
Control of Telomere Elongation and Telomeric Silencing in Drosophila Melanogaster
Chromosome length in Drosophilais maintained by the targeted transposition of two families of non-LTR retrotransposons, HeT-Aand… 
2003
2003
A POLYCOMB group gene of rice (Oryza sativa L. subspecies indica), OsiEZ1, codes for a nuclear-localized protein expressed preferentially in young seedlings and during reproductive development.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Checkpoint proteins influence telomeric silencing and length maintenance in budding yeast.
A complex network of surveillance mechanisms, called checkpoints, interrupts cell cycle progression when damage to the genome is… 
1998
1998
Telomerase, Ku, and telomeric silencing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Abstract. Telomeres comprise a specialized chromosome end structure distinct from the standard nucleosomal architecture of the… 
1998
1998
Directional gene silencing induced by a complex subtelomeric satellite from Drosophila
Abstract. The telomeric regions in Drosophila cause transcriptional silencing of integrated transgenes. A complex satellite has… 
1997
1997
Gene activation at a distance and telomeric silencing are not affected by yeast histone H1
Abstract Until recently, it was believed that the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has no histone H1 gene. However, a… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Tethered Sir3p nucleates silencing at telomeres and internal loci in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Rap1p binds to sites embedded within the Saccharomyces cerevisiae telomeric TG1-3 tract. Previous studies have led to the… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Genetic analysis of Rap1p/Sir3p interactions in telomeric and HML silencing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
We have identified three SIR3 suppressors of the telomeric silencing defects conferred by missense mutations within the Rap1p C… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Mutational analysis defines a C-terminal tail domain of RAP1 essential for Telomeric silencing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Alleles specifically defective in telomeric silencing were generated by in vitro mutagenesis of the yeast RAP1 gene. The most… 
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