Tor Pathway Regulates Rrn3p-dependent Recruitment of Yeast RNA Polymerase I to the Promoter but Does Not Participate in Alteration of the Number of Active Genes

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 946-956

  Claypool, Jonathan A ^a   French, Sarah L ^b   Johzuka, Katsuki ^a,c   Eliason, Kristilyn ^a   Vu, Loan ^a   Dodd, Jonathan A ^a   Beyer, Ann L ^b   Nomura, Masayasu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; RAPAMYCIN; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RRN3P PROTEIN; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR UAF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE NUMBER; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST;

CHROMATIN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; POL1 TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION COMPLEX PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA POLYMERASE I; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SIROLIMUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ACRONICTA LEPORINA; FUNGI; TOR;

EID: 0742270606     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E03-08-0594     Document Type: Article

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