The regulatory protein NIT4 that mediates nitrate induction in Neurospora crassa contains a complex tripartite activation domain with a novel leucine-rich, acidic motif

Current Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 537-548

  Feng, Bo ^a   Marzluf, George A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurospora; NIT4; Nitrogen regulation; Transactivation

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; ZINC;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSACTIVATION; YEAST;

NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0029969989     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02426958     Document Type: Article

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