FAR1, a negative regulatory locus required for the repression of the nitrate reductase gene in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Genetics

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 121-133

  Zhang, Donghong ^a,b   Lefebvre, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; FLAGELLUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 0030935075     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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