Three classes of mammalian transcription activation domain stimulate transcription in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 5722-5729

  Remacle, Jacques E ^a,b   Albrecht, Gerd ^c   Brys, Reginald ^b   Braus, Gerhard H ^c   Huylebroeck, Danny ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

GAL4p fusion proteins; Mammalian transcription activation domains; Promoter organization; Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROLINE; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REPORTER GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TATA BOX; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; MAMMALS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

EID: 0030774035     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.18.5722     Document Type: Article

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