title: An inducible expression vector for both fission and budding yeast.
abstract: We have developed a vector system for inducible gene expression in both fission yeast (Schizosaccharomyces pombe) and budding yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). The autonomously replicating expression vector contains multiple glucocorticoid response elements, rendering a linked promoter inducible 20-70-fold by glucocorticoid hormones in the presence of the mammalian glucocorticoid receptor. A polylinker with several unique cloning sites allows insertion of cDNAs of interest. Glucocorticoids are gratuitous signalling molecules in yeast, exerting little or no effect on the expression of genes other than those fused to the regulated promoter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0448.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Picard
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schena
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002455:Cell Division; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D004718:Saccharomycetales / Q000235:genetics*; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D001616:beta-Galactosidase / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D001616:beta-Galactosidase