Assembly of a bZIP-bHLH transcription activation complex: Formation of the yeast Cbf1-Met4-Met28 complex is regulated through Met28 stimulation of Cbf1 DNA binding

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2441-2451

  Kuras, Laurent ^a   Barbey, Régine ^a   Thomas, Dominique ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

bHLH bZIP heteromeric complex; Sulfur amino acid metabolism; Transcriptional activation

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; METHIONINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; COMPLEX FORMATION; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSACTIVATION; YEAST;

BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; DNA PROBES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030925073     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.9.2441     Document Type: Article

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