1. Nitrogen catabolite repression transcriptional regulator that acts by inhibition of GLN3 transcription in good nitrogen source; has glutathione peroxidase activity and can mutate to acquire GST activity; altered form creates [URE3] prion
http://www.***.org/cgi-bin/locus.fpl?locus=ure2
2. http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~gietz/method.html
3. i suppose so..