Yap, a novel family of eight bZIP proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae with distinct biological functions

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 6982-6993

  Fernandes, Lisete ^a,b   Rodrigues Pousada, Claudina ^b   Struhl, Kevin ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRIAZOLE; CADMIUM; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030712874     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.12.6982     Document Type: Article

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