title: Gene silencing: two faces of SIR2.
abstract: There are still many mysteries surrounding how silenced regions of the eukaryotic genome are created and maintained. But recent discoveries about the most evolutionarily conserved silencing protein, Sir2p, have provided new mechanistic insights into these processes.
authors.affiliation: Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA. Dgottsch@fhcrc.org
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Gottschling
mesh_terms: D020868:Gene Silencing; D006655:Histone Deacetylases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D009243:NAD / Q000378:metabolism; D038281:Silent Information Regulator Proteins, Saccharomyces cerevisiae; D056565:Sirtuin 2; D037761:Sirtuins; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D038281:Silent Information Regulator Proteins, Saccharomyces cerevisiae; D015534:Trans-Activators; D009243:NAD; C087778:SIR2 protein, S cerevisiae; D056565:Sirtuin 2; D037761:Sirtuins; D006655:Histone Deacetylases