Dimerization of yeast transcription factors Ino2 and Ino4 is regulated by precursors of phospholipid biosynthesis mediated by Opi1 repressor

Current Genetics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-45

  Kumme, Jacqueline ^a   Dietz, Martin ^a   Wagner, Christian ^a   Schüller, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a Inst für Genetik und Biochemie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basichelix loop helix; Ino2; Inositol; Phospholipid biosynthesis; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HETERODIMER; INOSITOL; PROTEIN OPI1; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR INO2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR INO4;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE FUSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

DIMERIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; HOMEOSTASIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 47249127597     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-008-0197-7     Document Type: Article

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