White collar 2, a partner in blue-light signal transduction, controlling expression of light-regulated genes in Neurospora crassa

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 98-109

  Linden, H ^a   Macino, G ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blue light; Neurospora crassa; Signal transduction; White collar; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; FUNGUS MUTANT; LIGHT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0031014876     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.1.98     Document Type: Article

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