Molecular genetic analysis of the yeast repressor Rfx1/Crt1 reveals a novel two-step regulatory mechanism

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 7399-7411

  Zhang, Zhengjian ^a,b   Reese, Joseph C ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; PROTEIN CRT1; PROTEIN RFX1; PROTEIN SWI; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SSN6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TUP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRT1 GENE; DNA DAMAGE; FUNGAL GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRESSOR GENE; RFX1 GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SSN6 GENE; TUP1 GENE;

CHROMATIN; DNA DAMAGE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 23844531920     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.25.17.7399-7411.2005     Document Type: Article

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