The DNA target sequence influences the dependence of the yeast transcriptional activator Gcn4 on co-factors

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 253, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 766-769

  Tavernarakis, N ^a,b   Thireos, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ada2; Ap1 site; Gcn5; Transcriptional regulation; Upstream Activating Sequences

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST CELL;

BINDING SITES; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN KINASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030889070     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050382     Document Type: Article

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