Metal-ion regulation of gene expression in yeast

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 216-221

  Winge, Dennis R ^a   Jensen, Laran T ^a   Srinivasan, Chandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; IRON; METAL; METALLOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC;

CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

COPPER; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; IRON; METALLOPROTEINS; METALS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC;

EID: 0032039713     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(98)80063-X     Document Type: Article

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