Target gene identification: Target specific transcriptional activation by three murine homeodomain/VP16 hybrid proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 274, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 145-156

  Friedman Einat, Miriam ^a,c   Einat, Paz ^a   Snyder, Michael ^a   Ruddle, Frank ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSACTIVATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS PROTEIN VMW65; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030584358     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19960215)274:3<145::AID-JEZ1>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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