On the mechanism by which alkaline pH prevents expression of an acid- expressed gene

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 3355-3363

  Espeso, Eduardo A ^a   Arst Jr , Herbert N ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; PERMEASE; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BINDING SITE; DNA BINDING; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALKALIES; AMIDOHYDROLASES; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTERS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0034099042     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.10.3355-3363.2000     Document Type: Article

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