StuAp is a sequence-specific transcription factor that regulates developmental complexity in Aspergillus nidulans

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 5710-5721

  Dutton, James R ^a,c   Johns, Susan ^b   Miller, Bruce L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

APSES domain; Cell cycle; Development; Mbpl; Pseudohyphal growth

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATOR GENE; REPRODUCTION; SPOROGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL CYCLE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, REGULATOR; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 0030841458     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.18.5710     Document Type: Article

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