Copper ions and the regulation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae metallothionein genes under aerobic and anaerobic conditions

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 139-145

  Strain, Jeffrey ^a   Culotta, Valeria Cizewski ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper; Metallothionein; Yeast

Indexed keywords

COPPER ION; METALLOTHIONEIN; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; COPPER; COPPER SULFATE; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; IONS; METALLOTHIONEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGEN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0029977674     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050150     Document Type: Article

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