Dual activators of the sterol biosynthetic pathway of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Similar activation/regulatory domains but different response mechanisms

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 7375-7385

  Davies, Brandon S J ^a   Wang, Helen S ^a   Rine, Jasper ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERGOSTEROL; GENE PRODUCT; STEROL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ECM22P; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR UPC2P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERG2 GENE; ERG3 GENE; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INDUCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STEROL SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPC2 1 GENE;

BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA; ERGOSTEROL; GENES, REPORTER; LAC OPERON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; STEROLS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 23344435534     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.25.16.7375-7385.2005     Document Type: Article

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