Transcriptional induction by aromatic amino acids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 3360-3371

  Iraqui, Ismaïl ^a   Vissers, Stéphan ^a   André, Bruno ^a   Urrestarazu, Antonio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC AMINO ACID; NITROGEN; PERMEASE; PHENYLALANINE; PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHOL; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032910688     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.5.3360     Document Type: Article

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