| Literature DB >> 1766866 |
N Okazaki1, K Okazaki, K Tanaka, H Okayama.
Abstract
Ste4- mutants of Schizosaccharomyces pombe are unable to undergo both mating and meiosis. We have cloned the ste4+ gene and its cDNA. The gene encodes a 264 amino acid protein with a typical leucine zipper motif homologous with the jun family. However, unlike the jun family, this protein does not have a typical basic region that precedes the leucine zipper. The transcription of this gene absolutely depends on the ste11+ gene and increases several fold upon nitrogen starvation, a general signal for sexual differentiation. Whereas ste4+ is essential for mating and meiosis, its overexpression inhibits these processes.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1766866 PMCID: PMC332508 DOI: 10.1093/nar/19.25.7043
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nucleic Acids Res ISSN: 0305-1048 Impact factor: 16.971