The 2μm plasmid stability system: Analyses of the interactions among plasmid- and host-encoded components

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 7466-7477

  Velmurugan, Soundarapandian ^a   Ahn, Yong Tae ^a   Yang, Xian Mei ^a   Wu, Xu Li ^a   Jayaram, Makkuni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HELICASE; ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CST6 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MSH3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PROTEIN; REP PROTEIN, YEAST PLASMID; REP2 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; REGULATOR GENE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, REGULATOR; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; PLASMIDS; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0031784028     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.18.12.7466     Document Type: Article

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