Regions of GAL4 critical for binding to a promoter in vivo revealed by a visual DNA-binding analysis

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2178-2187

  Mizutani, Akiko ^a   Tanaka, Masafumi ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activator; DNA binding; GFP; Transcription; Yeast

Indexed keywords

DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; DNA DETERMINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TRANSACTIVATION; YEAST; YEAST CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0038558147     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg220     Document Type: Article

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