Zinc fingers can act as Zn2+ sensors to regulate transcriptional activation domain function

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 5137-5146

  Bird, Amanda J ^a   McCall, Keith ^b   Kramer, Michelle ^a   Blankman, Elizabeth ^b   Winge, Dennis R ^b   Eide, David J ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Homeostasis; Regulation; Transcriptional activation; Zinc fingers

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; HISTIDINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZAP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ZINC FINGER 1 PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER 2 PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; ZINC; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0141864674     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg484     Document Type: Article

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