The UGA3-GLT1 intergenic region constitutes a promoter whose bidirectional nature is determined by chromatin organization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1790-1806

  Ishida, Cecilia ^a,c   Aranda, Cristina ^a   Valenzuela, Lourdes ^a   Riego, Lina ^a,d   Deluna, Alexander ^a   Recillas Targa, Félix ^a   Filetici, Patrizia ^b   López Revilla, Rubén ^b,d   González, Alicia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITROGEN; PROTEIN GLT1; PROTEIN UGA3; SPACER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST;

AMINO ACIDS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE (NADH); MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; POINT MUTATION; POLY DA-DT; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33645474133     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05055.x     Document Type: Article

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