title: Yeast one-hybrid screening for DNA-protein interactions.
abstract: One-hybrid screening in yeast is a powerful method to rapidly identify heterologous transcription factors that can interact with a specific regulatory DNA sequence of interest (the bait sequence). In this technique, the interaction between two proteins (bait and prey) is detected via in vivo reconstitution of a transcriptional activator that turns on expression of a reporter gene. Detection is based on the interaction of a transcription factor (prey) with a bait DNA sequence upstream of a reporter gene. To ensure that DNA binding results in reporter-gene activation, cDNA expression libraries are used to produce hybrids between the prey and a strong trans-activating domain. The advantage of cloning transcription factors or other DNA-binding proteins via one-hybrid screenings, compared to biochemical techniques, is that the procedure does not require specific optimization of in vitro conditions.
authors.affiliation: Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Ouwerkerk
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Meijer
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008967:Molecular Biology / Q000379:methods*; D011485:Protein Binding; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D004247:DNA