Basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor heterocomplex of Yas1p and Yas2p regulates cytochrome P450 expression in response to alkanes in the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 734-743

  Endoh Yamagami, Setsu ^a,b,c   Hirakawa, Kiyoshi ^a   Morioka, Daisuke ^a   Fukuda, Ryouichi ^a   Ohta, Akinori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CYTOCHROME P450; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; INOSITOL; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; TRANSACTIVATION; YARROWIA;

ALKANES; ALLELES; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; INOSITOL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; YARROWIA;

YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

EID: 34247846159     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00412-06     Document Type: Article

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