Some DNA targets of the yeast CYP1 transcriptional activator are functionally asymmetric: Evidence of two half-sites with different affinities

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 244, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 301-309

  Naït Kaoudjt, Rachida ^a   Williams, Roy ^b   Guiard, Bernard ^a   Gervais, Michel ^a  

^a CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Activator; Asymmetric half sites; CYP1; Transcription; Yeast

Indexed keywords

METALLOPROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA BINDING; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; YEAST;

EID: 0031054127     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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