Identification of seven hydrophobic clusters in GCN4 making redundant contributions to transcriptional activation

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 5557-5571

  Jackson, Belinda M ^a   Drysdale, Connie Marie ^a   Natarajan, Krishnamurthy ^a   Hinnebusch, Alan G ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STEADY STATE; YEAST;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029791550     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.10.5557     Document Type: Article

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