Table 4 . Role of silencing proteins on NE function independently of telomere.

Strain	Genotype	Plasmid	Repression index
BG14	WT	pSP21	16.26 ± 2.00
BG509	rif1Δ	pSP21	15.06 ± 1.83
BG592	rap1-21	pSP21	13.04 ± 1.87
BG676	sir3Δ	pSP21	16.71 ± 2.10
BG1048	sir2Δ	pSP21	14.62 ± 1.78
BG1050	sir4Δ	pSP21	15.78 ± 0.78
BG1080	hdf1Δ	pSP21	8.74 ± 1.54
BG1081	hdf2Δ	pSP21	8.66 ± 2.10
BG14	WT	pSP26	2.54 ± 0.40