Functional analysis of the PUT3 transcriptional activator of the proline utilization pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Genetics

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1069-1082

  Des Etages, Shelley Ann G ^a   Falvey, Darlene A ^a   Reece, Richard J ^b,c   Brandriss, Marjorie C ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; PROLINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NITROGEN; PROLINE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SOLUTIONS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0029918701     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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