Mutational analysis of the C-terminal region of AREA, the transcription factor mediating nitrogen metabolite repression in Aspergillus nidulans

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 106-114

  Platt, Adam ^a,c   Ravagnani, Adriana ^b   Arst Jr , Herb ^b   Kirk, Dennis ^a   Langdon, Tim ^b   Caddick, Mark X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

areA; Aspergillus nidulans; GATA; Nitrogen metabolite repression

Indexed keywords

NITRATE REDUCTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; METABOLIC REGULATION; METABOLITE; MUTATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NITRATE REDUCTASES; NITROGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030031925     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050056     Document Type: Article

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