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Gal4p is a transcriptional activator inSaccharomyces cerevisiae that regulates the expression of genes to coordinate the response to the carbon source galactose.


The N-terminal amino acids of Gal4p bound to DNA.

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Gal4p is a transcriptional activator inSaccharomyces cerevisiae that regulates genes in response to the carbon source galactose. The protein binds as a dimer to a symmetrical 17-base-pair sequence

Reference

  1. Marmorstein R, Carey M, Ptashne M, Harrison SC. DNA recognition by GAL4: structure of a protein-DNA complex. Nature. 1992 Apr 2;356(6368):408-14. PMID:1557122 doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/356408a0

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