Transcriptional activation by the werner syndrome gene product in yeast

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 33, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 805-812

  Ye, Lin ^a   Nakura, Jun ^a   Morishima, Atsuyuki ^a   Miki, Tetsuro ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

galactosidase assay; Acidic region; Gene overexpression; Helicase domain; Natural aging; Promoter; Repressor; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Transcriptional activation; Werner syndrome

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GENE PRODUCT;

AGING; BODY WEIGHT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WERNER SYNDROME; YEAST;

DNA HELICASES; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; RECQ HELICASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032445806     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(98)00044-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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