The TBP gene from Aspergillus nidulans - Structure and expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1263-1270

  Kucharski, Robert ^a,c   Bartnik, Ewa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; TBP

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRIAZOLE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COPPER ION; TATA BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENETICS; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030995872     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-4-1263     Document Type: Article

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