| Budget Amount *help |
¥17,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,110,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥5,720,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,320,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥5,720,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,320,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥6,370,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,470,000)
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| Research Abstract |
In this research program, we tried to gain a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying the establishment and maintenance of higher-order chromatin structure, heterochromatin. Using fission yeast as a model organism, we employed a genetic screening and successfully identified two novel RNAi factors, Ers1 and Dsh1, involved in heterochromatin assembly. Further analyses uncovered that these factors play roles in recruiting RNAi-effector complexes, such as RDRC, and promote siRNA production to form higher-order chromatin structure.
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