Activator-mediated recruitment of the RNA polymerase II machinery is the predominant mechanism for transcriptional activation in yeast

Molecular Cell

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 917-924

  Keaveney, Marie ^a   Struhl, Kevin ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GAL11 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; GAL4 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; HYBRID PROTEIN; LEXA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; RNA POLYMERASE II; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL DIVISION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENHANCER REGION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSACTIVATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CELL DIVISION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); ENZYME ACTIVATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS PROTEIN VMW65; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA POLYMERASE II; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TATA-BOX BINDING PROTEIN; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032059111     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80091-X     Document Type: Article

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