NONDISSOCIATION OF GAL4 AND GAL80 INVIVO AFTER GALACTOSE INDUCTION

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作者
LEUTHER, KK
JOHNSTON, SA
机构
[1] UNIV TEXAS,SW MED CTR,DEPT MED,DALLAS,TX 75235
[2] UNIV TEXAS,SW MED CTR,DEPT BIOCHEM,DALLAS,TX 75235
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10.1126/science.1598579
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Transcription of galactose-inducible genes in yeast is regulated by interaction between the activator protein GAL4 and the negative regulatory protein GAL80. It has been suggested that GAL80 binds to and represses GAL4 under uninduced conditions and dissociates from GAL4 on induction. However, the possibility that GAL80 remains associated with GAL4 after induction has not been ruled out. Experiments to discriminate between these two models were performed and revealed that GAL80 stays bound after induction.
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