Novel Gal3 proteins showing altered Gal80p binding cause constitutive transcription of Gal4p-activated genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2566-2575

  Blank, T Eric ^a,c   Woods, Michael P ^a   Lebo, Colleen M ^a   Xin, Ping ^a   Hopper, James E ^a,b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030991138     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.5.2566     Document Type: Article

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