EXPRESSION OF THE YEAST LEU4 GENE IS SUBJECT TO 4 DIFFERENT MODES OF CONTROL

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PETERS, MH [1 ]
BELTZER, JP [1 ]
KOHLHAW, GB [1 ]
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[1] PURDUE UNIV,DEPT BIOCHEM,W LAFAYETTE,IN 47907
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10.1016/0003-9861(90)90041-V
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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A translational fusion of yeast LEU4 and Escherichia colilacZ which contains 679 bp of the LEU4 5′-flanking region and the first two codons of LEU4 was used to study LEU4 expression. Eight recipient strains with different genetic backgrounds, transformed with a plasmid containing the fusion, were grown under a variety of conditions, and β-galactosidase activity was measured. Evidence was obtained for at least four modes of expression of LEU4: general amino acid control, leucine-specifc control, basal level expression, and branched-chain amino acid-mediated repression. Determination of steady-state levels of LEU4 mRNA suggested that LEU4 expression is regulated transcriptionally. © 1990.
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