Phosphorylation of Gal4p at a single C-terminal residue is necessary for galactose-inducible transcription

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 4879-4887

  Sadowski, Ivan ^a   Costa, Christine ^a   Dhanawansa, Ranjani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; RNA POLYMERASE II; SERINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL 4 P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GAL4 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; PHOSPHOSERINE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TRANSACTIVATION; YEAST; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GALACTOSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLUCOSE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHOSERINE; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0029664802     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.16.9.4879     Document Type: Article

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