The pheromone response pathway activates transcription of Ty5 retrotransposons located within silent chromatin of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 6272-6280

  Ning, Ke ^a   Phillip, A Irwin ^a   Daniel, F Voytas ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pheromone response pathway; Retrotransposon; Silent chromatin; Telomere Ty5

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE REPRESSION; HAPLOIDY; HETEROCHROMATIN; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RETROPOSON; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SILENT GENE; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; DIPLOIDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HAPLOIDY; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PHEROMONES; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RETROELEMENTS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 1842367283     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.20.6272     Document Type: Article

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