Functional in vivo studies of the Neurospora crassa cys-14 gene upstream region: Importance of CYS3-binding sites for regulated expression

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 109-117

  Li, Qunhui ^a   Zhou, Liwei ^a   Marzluf, George A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ENZYME; SULFATE PERMEASE; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; ARYLSULFATASES; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHROMATES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, REPORTER; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; POINT MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SULFATES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0029848446     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02660.x     Document Type: Article

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