Mammalian transcription factors in yeast: strangers in a familiar land.
Many transcription factors in human cells have functional orthologues in yeast, and a common experimental theme has been to define the function of the yeast protein and then test whether the mammalian version behaves similarly. Although, at first glance, this approach does not seem feasible for factors that do not have yeast counterparts, mammalian transcriptional activators or repressors can be expressed directly in yeast. Often, the mammalian factor retains function in yeast, and this allows investigators to exploit the experimental tractability of yeast to ask a diverse set of questions.
Kennedy
Brian K
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Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA. bkenn@u.washington.edu
D000818:Animals; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D006801:Humans; D008957:Models, Genetic; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors