Chromosome Breakage in Tetrahymena

Coyne, Robert S.

Abstract

Funding Agency

• Agency: National Institute of Health (NIH)
• Institute: National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
• Type: Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F32)
• Project #: 5F32GM016129-02
• Application #: 2170584
• Study Section: Biological Sciences 2 (BIOL)
• Project Start: 1995-07-01
• Budget Start: 1995-07-01
• Budget End: 1996-06-30
• Support Year: 2
• Fiscal Year: 1995

Institution

• Name: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
• DUNS #: 075524595
• City: Seattle
• State: WA
• Country: United States
• Zip Code: 98109

Publications

Yao, Meng-Chao; Yao, Ching-Ho; Halasz, Lia M et al. (2007) Identification of novel chromatin-associated proteins involved in programmed genome rearrangements in Tetrahymena. J Cell Sci 120:1978-89

Coyne, R S; Nikiforov, M A; Smothers, J F et al. (1999) Parental expression of the chromodomain protein Pdd1p is required for completion of programmed DNA elimination and nuclear differentiation. Mol Cell 4:865-72

Madireddi, M T; Coyne, R S; Smothers, J F et al. (1996) Pdd1p, a novel chromodomain-containing protein, links heterochromatin assembly and DNA elimination in Tetrahymena. Cell 87:75-84

Coyne, R S; Yao, M C (1996) Evolutionary conservation of sequences directing chromosome breakage and rDNA palindrome formation in tetrahymenine ciliates. Genetics 144:1479-87

Coyne, R S; Chalker, D L; Yao, M C (1996) Genome downsizing during ciliate development: nuclear division of labor through chromosome restructuring. Annu Rev Genet 30:557-78