The osmotic-1 locus of Neurospora crassa encodes a putative histidine kinase similar to osmosensors of bacteria and yeast

Current Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 340-347

  Schumacher, Marc M ^a   Enderlin, Carol S ^a,b   Selitrennikoff, Claude P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b US WEST Communications   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HISTIDINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FAMILY; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PROTEIN KINASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0030922597     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900193     Document Type: Article

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