Pdd1p, A Novel Chromodomain-Containing Protein, Links Heterochromatin Assembly and DNA Elimination in Tetrahymena
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Pdd1p, A Novel Chromodomain-Containing Protein, Links Heterochromatin Assembly and DNA Elimination in Tetrahymena
During Tetrahymena conjugation, programmed DNA degradation occurs in two separate nuclei. Thousands of germline-specific deletion elements are removed from the genome of the developing somatic macronucleus, and the old parental macronucleus is degraded by an apoptotic mechanism. An abundant polypeptide, Pdd1p (formerly p65), localizes to both of these nuclei at the time of DNA degradation. Here...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cell
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0092-8674
DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)81324-0