Analysis of polygenic mutants suggests a role for mediator in regulating transcriptional activation distance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Genetics

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 599-612

  Reavey, Caitlin T ^a   Hickman, Mark J ^b   Dobi, Krista C ^a,d   Botstein, David ^c,e   Winston, Fred ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e Calico Life Sciences LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Mediator; Polygenic; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENHANCER REGION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; GENOME; HERITABILITY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MUTATION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MEDIATOR COMPLEX;

DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MEDIATOR COMPLEX; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84943654279     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.115.181164     Document Type: Article

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