Aspergillus fabM encodes an essential product that is related to poly(A)-binding proteins and activates development when overexpressed

Genetics

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1463-1470

  Marhoul, John F ^a   Adams, Thomas H ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; POLYADENYLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SPOROGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLY(A)-BINDING PROTEINS; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0030455863     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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