A triad of subunits from the Gal11/tail domain of Srb mediator is an in vivo target of transcriptional activator Gcn4p

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 6871-6886

  Zhang, Fan ^a   Sumibcay, Laarni ^a   Hinnebusch, Alan G ^a,b   Swanson, Mark J ^a,c  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN GAL11; PROTEIN GEN4P; PROTEIN MED2P; PROTEIN PGD1P; PROTEIN SRB; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WILD TYPE;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHROMATIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 3242728442     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.15.6871-6886.2004     Document Type: Article

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