Uga3 and Uga35/Dal81 transcription factors regulate UGA4 transcription in response to γ-Aminobutyric acid and Leucine

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1262-1271

  Cardillo, Sabrina Beatriz ^a   Moretti, Mariana Bermúdez ^a   García, Susana Correa ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER; DAL81 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; LEUCINE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UGA3 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; UGA4 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; DRUG EFFECTS;

DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GABA PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; LEUCINE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 77956830265     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00117-10     Document Type: Article

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