title: The fungal GATA factors.
abstract: The DNA-binding domains of eucaryotic GATA factors comprise a four-cysteine Zn finger and an adjacent basic region. Fungal GATA factors regulate nitrogen metabolism, light induction, siderophore biosynthesis and mating-type switching. Hydrophobic interactions determine binding-site specificity. Interactions with other factors may determine promoter specificity. One GATA factor has recently been shown to determine a drastic chromatin rearrangement.
authors.affiliation: CNRS UMR 8621, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, Université Paris-Sud, Centre d'Orsay, 91405, France. scazzocchio@igmors.u-psud. fr
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scazzocchio
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002843:Chromatin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D050981:Erythroid-Specific DNA-Binding Factors; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005658:Fungi / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism; D010802:Phylogeny; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D016335:Zinc Fingers
chemical_list: D002843:Chromatin; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D050981:Erythroid-Specific DNA-Binding Factors; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D009584:Nitrogen