The uvsF gene region in Aspergillus nidulans codes for a protein with homology to DNA replication factor C

Gene

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-159

  Kafer, Etta ^a   May, Gregory ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Co transformation; Nucleotide excision repair; Partial complementation; UV and MMS sensitivity

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; COSMID; DNA LIBRARY; DNA REPLICATION; EXCISION REPAIR; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MUTAGENESIS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; REPLICATION PROTEIN C; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 0030990046     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00052-8     Document Type: Article

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