Identification and characterisation of an RPD3 homologue from maize (Zea mays L.) that is able to complement an rpd3 null mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 258, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 288-296

  Rossi, V ^a   Hartings, H ^a   Motto, M ^a  

^a Ist Sperim per la Cerealicoltura   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Histone deacetylase; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HISTONE DEACETYLASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEA MAYS;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031865919     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050733     Document Type: Article

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