Yeast · 1990 · 43 citations · 27 references
Life SciencesGeneticsMolecular BiologyStructural BiologyTranscriptionTranscriptional RegulationMotif DiscoveryStructural MotifsTranscription In EukaryotesTranscriptional Regulation In EukaryotesYeast BiologyYeast GeneticsHelix-loop-helix MotifNucleic Acid Secondary Structure PredictionProtein Secondary Structure PredictionYeast Gene Expression RegulationYeast Gene FunctionYeast Gene RegulationYeast Genomics
Evidence is presented, based on sequence comparisons and secondary structure prediction, of the presence of a DNA-binding and dimerization helix-loop-helix motif in the yeast transcription activator PHO4. Interest in the existence of this first known motif in yeast is discussed.
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