title: Yeast activator proteins and stress response: an overview.
abstract: Yeast, and especially Saccharomyces cerevisiae, are continuously exposed to rapid and drastic changes in their external milieu. Therefore, cells must maintain their homeostasis, which is achieved through a highly coordinated gene expression involving a plethora of transcription factors, each of them performing specific functions. Here, we discuss recent advances in our understanding of the function of the yeast activator protein family of eight basic-leucine zipper trans-activators that have been implicated in various forms of stress response.
authors.affiliation: Stress and Genomics Laboratory, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Avenida da República, Apt. 127, 2781-901 Oeiras Codex, Portugal. claudina@itqb.unl.pt
authors.forename: Claudina Amélia
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Rodrigues-Pousada
authors.forename: Tracy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nevitt
authors.forename: Regina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Menezes
authors.forename: Dulce
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Azevedo
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Catarina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Amaral
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D008954:Models, Biological; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D009997:Osmotic Pressure; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C082904:CAD1 protein, S cerevisiae; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C086677:YAP1 protein, S cerevisiae