Identification of Schizosaccharomyces pombe genes that encode putative homologues of Saccharomyces cerevisiae mediator complex subunits

Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 519-531

  Sipiczki, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

BLAST; Fission yeast; Mediator; Phylogenesis; Transcription

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPEN READING FRAME; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0035748913     PISSN: 12178950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AMicr.48.2001.3-4.18     Document Type: Article

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