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The yeast stress response
Author(s) -
RodriguesPousada Claudina,
Nevitt Tracy,
Menezes Regina
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the febs journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.981
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1742-4658
pISSN - 1742-464X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04695.x
Subject(s) - yeast , saccharomyces cerevisiae , activator (genetics) , transcription factor , budding yeast , leucine zipper , microbiology and biotechnology , function (biology) , transcription (linguistics) , biology , gene , genetics , linguistics , philosophy
The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae possesses a very flexible and complex programme of gene expression when exposed to a plethora of environmental insults. Therefore, yeast cell homeostasis control is achieved through a highly coordinated mechanism of transcription regulation involving several factors, each performing specific functions. Here, we present our current knowledge of the function of the yeast activator protein family, formed by eight basic‐leucine zipper trans ‐activators, which have been shown to play an important role in stress response.