The yeast a1 and α2 homeodomain proteins do not contribute equally to heterodimeric DNA binding

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 585-593

  Jin, Yisheng ^a,b   Zhong, Hualin ^a,c   Vershon, Andrew K ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; BCL2 RELATED PROTEIN A1; BCL2-RELATED PROTEIN A1; DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MATA1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; MATA2 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; PROTEIN BCL 2; REPLICATION FACTOR C; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTAGENESIS; OPERATOR GENE; PHENOTYPE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); PHENOTYPE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; REPLICATION PROTEIN C; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 0032589918     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.19.1.585     Document Type: Article

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