The DNA-binding activity of Gal4 is inhibited by methylation of the Gal4 binding site in plant chromatin

Plant Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 143-157

  Gälweiler, Leo ^b   Conlan, R Steven ^c,e   Mader, Patricia ^d   Palme, Klaus ^b   Moore, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Max Delbruck Laboratorium der Max Planck Gesellschaft   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CpG; Gal4; Methylation; Regulation; Transcription; Transgene

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; AZACITIDINE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN; CYTOSINE; GAL4 PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METHYLATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

DROSOPHILA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AZACITIDINE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GAL4 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; MESSENGER RNA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSGENE;

AZACITIDINE; BINDING SITES; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0034221042     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2000.00805.x     Document Type: Article

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