Mutants of Neurospora crassa defective in regulation of blue light perception

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 254, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 111-118

  Linden, H ^a   Rodriguez Franco, M ^a,b   Macino, G ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carotenoid biosynthesis; ccb; Light signal transduction; Neurospora crassa; white collar

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; MESSENGER RNA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CAROTENOIDS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DARKNESS; GENES, FUNGAL; LIGHT; MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PHENOTYPE; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

FUNGI; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; TRIXIS;

EID: 0030934714     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050398     Document Type: Article

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