Induction for the expression of yeast metallothionein gene, CUP1, by cobalt

Microbios

Volumn 104, Issue 408, 2001, Pages 99-104

  Tohoyama, Hiroshi ^a   Kadota, Hirotsugu ^a   Shiraishi, Emi ^a   Inouhe, Masahiro ^a   Joho, Masanori ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cobalt; CUP1; Metallothionein gene; Transcription factor; Yeast

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; COBALT; COPPER METALLOTHIONEIN; CUP1 1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; CUP1-1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; CUP2 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; METALLOTHIONEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CARRIER PROTEINS; COBALT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FUNGAL; METALLOTHIONEIN; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0035234886     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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