Multiple signals regulate GAL transcription in yeast

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 3880-3886

  Rohde, John R ^a   Trinh, Jennifer ^a   Sadowski, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOKINASE; GALACTOSE; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALLELES; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GALACTOSE; PHOSPHORYLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES;

EID: 0034025574     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.11.3880-3886.2000     Document Type: Article

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