Targets of the Gal4 transcription activator in functional transcription complexes

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 9092-9102

  Reeves, Wendy M ^a,b,c,d   Hahn, Steven ^a,b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTIOR TAF12; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL11; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MEDIATOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NUA4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SAGA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TRA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CROSS LINKING; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; TECHNIQUE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 26444507919     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.25.20.9092-9102.2005     Document Type: Article

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