Ribosomal protein genes in the yeast Candida albicans may be activated by a heterodimeric transcription factor related to Ino2 and Ino4 from S. cerevisiae

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 278, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 317-330

  Hoppen, Jens ^a   Dietz, Martin ^a   Warsow, Gregor ^a   Rohde, Raimund ^a   Schüller, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

CaIno2; CaIno4; Candida albicans; DNA binding; Gene disruption; Protein protein interaction; Ribosomal protein genes; Transcriptional activation

Indexed keywords

HETERODIMER; RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BINDING SITE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRON; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 34547829234     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-007-0253-x     Document Type: Article

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