Genetic redundancy between SPT23 and MGA2: Regulators of Ty-induced mutations and Ty1 transcription in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 4718-4729

  Zhang, Shirong ^a   Burkett, Thomas J ^a,c   Yamashita, Ichiro ^b   Garfinkel, David J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Center for Medical Technology Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CHROMATIN; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE VAR. DIASTATICUS;

EID: 0030746204     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.8.4718     Document Type: Article

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