Gal11 is a general activator of basal transcription, whose activity is regulated by the general repressor Sin4 in yeast

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 269, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 68-77

  Mizuno, T ^a,b   Harashima, S ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basal transcription; GAL11; General repressor; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; SIN4

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN ABE1; PROTEIN ABE1P; PROTEIN GAL11; PROTEIN PHO4; PROTEIN PHO5; PROTEIN SIN4; PROTEIN SW11; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MUTANT; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; GENE CONTROL; GENE DOSAGE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE; SCREENING; TELOMERE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; YEAST;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0037879046     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-003-0810-x     Document Type: Article

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