Isolation of a carbon source-regulated gene from Ustilago maydis

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 253, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 342-352

  Bottin, A ^a   Kamper J ^a   Kahmann, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabinose; Glucose repression; Green fluorescent protein; Ustilago maydis; Xylose

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; CARBON; FUNGAL DNA; GENE PRODUCT; GLUCOSE; XYLOSE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE INDUCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABINOSE; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLUCOSE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; USTILAGO; XYLOSE;

EID: 0030451029     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050330     Document Type: Article

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