Gcn4p and novel upstream activating sequences regulate targets of the unfolded protein response

PLoS Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Patil, Christopher K ^a,b   Li, Hao ^b,c   Walter, Peter ^a,b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GCN4; BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GCN2 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; GCN4 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; HAC1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UNFOLDED PROTEIN RESPONSE; UPREGULATION; YEAST; YEAST CELL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; REPORTER GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSPOSON;

EUKARYOTA; METAZOA;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DNA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, REPORTER; GENOTYPE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOFTWARE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 19444370807     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020246     Document Type: Article

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