A UV-induced mutation in neurospora that affects translational regulation in response to arginine

Genetics

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 117-127

  Freitag, Michael ^a   Dighde, Nelima ^a   Sachs, Matthew S ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; FUNGAL RNA; HYGROMYCIN; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CODON; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGUS MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSLATION REGULATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARGININE; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON-NITROGEN LIGASES WITH GLUTAMINE AS AMIDE-N-DONOR; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, REPORTER; LIGASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); POLYRIBOSOMES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

FUNGI; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0029671432     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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