The intergenic region between the divergently transcribed niiA and niaD genes of Aspergillus nidulans contains multiple NirA binding sites which act bidirectionally

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1995, Pages 5688-5699

  Punt, Peter J ^a   Strauss, Joseph ^b,d   Smit, Ralf ^a,e   Kinghorn, James R ^c   Van Den Hondel, Cees A M J J ^a   Scazzocchio, Claudio ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^e ROCHE INNOVATION CENTER MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BINDING SITE; DNA BINDING; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

EID: 0029143645     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.15.10.5688     Document Type: Article

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