A new class of repression modules is critical for heme regulation of the yeast transcriptional activator Hap1

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 4324-4333

  Hach, Angela ^a   Hon, Thomas ^a   Zhang, Li ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEME; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST;

EID: 0033049803     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.6.4324     Document Type: Article

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