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A dual role for zinc fingers in both DNA binding and zinc sensing by the Zap1 transcriptional activator.
The EMBO journal - 17 Jul 2000
Bird A J, Zhao H, Luo H, Jensen L T, Srinivasan C, Evans-Galea M, Winge D R, Eide D J
Abstract excerpt
The Zap1 transcriptional activator of Saccharomyces cerevisiae controls zinc homeostasis. Zap1 induces target gene expression in zinc-limited cells and is repressed by high zinc. One such target gene is ZAP1 itself. In this report, we examine how zinc regulates Zap1 function. First, we show that transcriptional autoregulation of Zap1 is a minor component of zinc responsiveness; most regulation of Zap1 activity...
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