Genetic analysis of the Ydr1-Bur6 repressor complex reveals an intricate balance among transcriptional regulatory proteins in yeast

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2455-2465

  Kim, Sungjoon ^a,b   Cabane, Kettly ^a,b   Hampsey, Michael ^b   Reinberg, Danny ^a,b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0034064725     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.7.2455-2465.2000     Document Type: Article

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