Different upstream transcriptional activators have distinct coactivator requirements

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 2934-2939

  Lee, Dong Ki ^a   Kim, Soyoun ^a   Lis, John T ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Coactivator; Copper inducibility; CUP1; Mediator; Rgr1; Srb4

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST;

CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; METALLOTHIONEIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA POLYMERASE II; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032727344     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.22.2934     Document Type: Article

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