Abstract

The endmost chromosome I ORF is silenced by a natural telomere position effect. YAR073W/IMD1 was found to be transcribed at much higher levels in sir3 mutants and when its adjacent telomere was removed from it. These results suggest that telomeres play a role in silencing actual genes.

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