Multiple transcriptional activation complexes tether the yeast activator Met4 to DNA

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 6327-6336

  Blaiseau, Pierre Louis ^b   Thomas, Dominique ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

bZIP factors; Heteromeric complex; Sulfur amino acid metabolism; Transcriptional activation; Zinc finger factors

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOPROTEIN; SULFUR; SULFUR AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSACTIVATION; YEAST;

BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; G-BOX BINDING FACTORS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, REPORTER; INSECT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032476584     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.21.6327     Document Type: Article

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