The minimal transactivation region of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Gln3p is localized to 13 amino acids

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 7644-7652

  Svetlov, Vladimir ^a,b   Cooper, Terrance G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; NITROGEN; PROLINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030735451     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.24.7644-7652.1997     Document Type: Article

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