Glutathione regulates the expression of γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase via the Met4 transcription factor

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 545-556

  Wheeler, Glen L ^a   Quinn, Kathryn A ^a   Perrone, Gabriel ^b   Dawes, Ian W ^b   Grant, Chris M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; METHIONINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MET4; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME REGULATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SUPPRESSOR GENE;

BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DIPEPTIDES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLUTAMATE-CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; LIGASES; METHIONINE; MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE COMPLEXES;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0036428692     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.03174.x     Document Type: Article

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