A trans-acting peptide activates the yeast a1 repressor by raising its DNA-binding affinity

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1621-1629

  Stark, Martha R ^a   Escher, Dominik ^b   Johnson, Alexander D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Homeodomain; Protein DNA interactions; Protein protein interactions; VP16; Yeast cell type determination

Indexed keywords

CHIMERIC PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ETOPOSIDE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; ENERGY TRANSFER; EUKARYOTE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HERPES VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPRESSOR GENE; YEAST;

EUKARYOTA; HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; MAMMALIA; PROKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 0033559762     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.6.1621     Document Type: Article

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