urg1: a uracil-regulatable promoter system for fission yeast with short induction and repression times.

The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe is a popular genetic model organism with powerful experimental tools. The thiamine-regulatable nmt1 promoter and derivatives, which take >15 hours for full induction, are most commonly used for controlled expression of ectopic genes. Given the short cel...

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Main Authors: Stephen Watt, Juan Mata, Luis López-Maury, Samuel Marguerat, Gavin Burns, Jürg Bähler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2174524?pdf=render