Rap1p is a negative regulator of the RAP1 gene

Current Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 93-100

  Graham, Ian R ^a   Chambers, Alistair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Transcription; URS; Yeast

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEINS, SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0029763514     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050106     Document Type: Article

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