The Aspergillus niger GCN4 homologue, cpcA, is transcriptionally regulated and encodes an unusual leucine zipper

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-33

  Wanke, Christoph ^a,b   Eckert, Sabine ^a,b   Albrecht, Gerd ^a,b   Van Hartingsveldt, Wim ^c   Punt, Peter J ^c   Van Den Hondel, Cees A M J J ^c   Braus, Gerhard H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031013261     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.1741549.x     Document Type: Article

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