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SUBMITTER: Barton AB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1526490 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Barton Arnold B AB Kaback David B DB
Genetics 20060402 2
The endmost chromosome I ORF is silenced by a natural telomere position effect. YAR073W/IMD1 was found to be transcribed at much higher levels in sir3 mutants and when its adjacent telomere was removed from it. These results suggest that telomeres play a role in silencing actual genes. ...[more]