Spt10-Dependent Transcriptional Activation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Requires both the Spt10 Acetyltransferase Domain and Spt21

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 135-143

  Hess, David ^a   Liu, Bingsheng ^b   Roan, Nadia R ^a   Sternglanz, Rolf ^b   Winston, Fred ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; GENE PRODUCT; HISTONE; PROTEIN SPT10; PROTEIN SPT21; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HISTONES; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

PROKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0346993669     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.1.135-143.2004     Document Type: Article

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