Gcn4 negatively regulates expression of genes subjected to nitrogen catabolite repression

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 310, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1175-1180

  Sosa, Eduardo ^a   Aranda, Cristina ^a   Riego, Lina ^a   Valenzuela, Lourdes ^a   DeLuna, Alexander ^a   Cantú, José M ^b   González, Alicia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amino acid metabolism; Gcn4; Gln3; Nitrogen catabolite repression; Transcriptional regulation; Yeast

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; RAPAMYCIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAT1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GCN4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLN3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR URE2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CELL CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0141961625     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.09.144     Document Type: Article

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