The hapC gene of Aspergillus nidulans is involved in the expression of CCAAT-containing promoters

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 251, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 412-421

  Papagiannopoulos, Peter ^a   Andrianopoulos, Alex ^a   Sharp, Julie A ^a   Davis, Meryl A ^a   Hynes, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; CCAAT; DNA binding; Gene regulation; HAP3

Indexed keywords

ACETAMIDE; CARBON; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL DNA; NITROGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DELETION MUTANT; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; HAPLOIDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REGULATOR GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030018122     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02172369     Document Type: Article

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