Met31p and Met32p, two related zinc finger proteins, are involved in transcriptional regulation of yeast sulfur amino acid metabolism

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 3640-3648

  Blaiseau, Pierre Louis ^a   Isnard, Anne Dominique ^a   Surdin Kerjan, Yolande ^a   Thomas, Dominique ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFUR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; REPORTER GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030979616     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.7.3640     Document Type: Article

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