The mating-type proteins of fission yeast induce meiosis by directly activating mei3 transcription

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 7317-7326

  Van Heeckeren, Willem J ^a   Dorris, David R ^a   Struhl, Kevin ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BINDING SITE; DIPLOIDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOIDY; MATING TYPE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0031756339     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.12.7317     Document Type: Article

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