Multiple and distinct activation and repression sequences mediate the regulated transcription of IME1, a transcriptional activator of meiosis- specific genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1985-1995

  Sagee, Shira ^a   Sherman, Amir ^a,c   Shenhar, Galit ^a   Robzyk, Kenneth ^a,d   Ben Doy, Noa ^a   Simchen, Giora ^b   Kassir, Yona ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IME1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE REPRESSION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031948847     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.18.4.1985     Document Type: Article

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