Gzf3P, a fourth GATA factor involved in nitrogen-regulated transcription in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1157-1168

  Soussi Boudekou, Saïd ^a   Vissers, Stephan ^a   Urrestarazu, Antonio ^a   Jauniaux, Jean Claude ^b   André, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GATA TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GATA4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0030901169     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.3021665.x     Document Type: Article

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