ArgRII, a component of the ArgR-Mcm1 complex involved in the control of arginine metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is the sensor of arginine

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2087-2097

  Amar, Najet ^a   Messenguy, Francine ^a,b   El Bakkoury, Mohamed ^a   Dubois, Evelyne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b Institut de Recherches Microbiologiques J M Wiame   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE REPRESSION; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARGININE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MCM1 PROTEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0034001067     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.6.2087-2097.2000     Document Type: Article

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