Raf1 Is a DCAF for the Rik1 DDB1-Like Protein and Has Separable Roles in siRNA Generation and Chromatin Modification

Alessia Buscaino; Sharon A. White; Douglas R. Houston; Erwan Lejeune; Femke Simmer; Flavia de Lima Alves; Piyush T. Diyora; Takeshi Urano; Elizabeth H. Bayne; Juri Rappsilber; Robin C. Allshire

doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002499

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Raf1 Is a DCAF for the Rik1 DDB1-Like Protein and Has Separable Roles in siRNA Generation and Chromatin Modification

Alessia Buscaino,

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Sharon A. White,

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Douglas R. Houston,

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Erwan Lejeune,

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Femke Simmer,

Current address: Department of Molecular Biology, NCMLS, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Flavia de Lima Alves,

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Piyush T. Diyora,

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Takeshi Urano,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo, Japan
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Elizabeth H. Bayne,

Current address: Wellcome Trust Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Juri Rappsilber,

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Robin C. Allshire

* E-mail: robin.allshire@ed.ac.uk

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Raf1 Is a DCAF for the Rik1 DDB1-Like Protein and Has Separable Roles in siRNA Generation and Chromatin Modification

Alessia Buscaino,
Sharon A. White,
Douglas R. Houston,
Erwan Lejeune,
Femke Simmer,
Flavia de Lima Alves,
Piyush T. Diyora,
Takeshi Urano,
Elizabeth H. Bayne,
Juri Rappsilber

Published: February 2, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1002499

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