Joint regulation of the nmt1 promoter and sporulation by Thi1 and Thi5 in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Current Genetics

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 269-279

  McQuire, Tracy A ^a   Young, Paul G ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conjugation; Fission yeast; Meiosis; Thiamine

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR THI1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR THI2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INHIBITION KINETICS; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SPOROGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPORES, FUNGAL; THIAMINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 33747892158     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-006-0086-x     Document Type: Article

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