Cell differentiation by interaction of two HMG-box proteins: Mat1-Mc activates M cell-specific genes in S.pombe by recruiting the ubiquitous transcription factor Ste11 to weak binding sites

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 4021-4033

  Kjærulff, Søren ^a   Dooijes, Dennis ^b   Clevers, Hans ^b   Nielsen, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Fission yeast; HMG box proteins; Sex determination; Transcriptional activation

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEX DETERMINATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PEPTIDES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030997473     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.13.4021     Document Type: Article

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