Role of 1/4 protein in donor locus selection during mating type interconversion

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 751-759

  Szeto, Lisa ^a   Broach, James R ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; A MATING FACTOR; A-MATING FACTOR; CYC8 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN; MATA2 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; MINICHROMOSOME MAINTENANCE PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUP1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; GENE CONVERSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC SELECTION; HAPLOIDY; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ALLELE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POINT MUTATION; REPRODUCTION;

ALLELES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LIPOPROTEINS; MCM1 PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POINT MUTATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REPRODUCTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030614545     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.17.2.751     Document Type: Article

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