Analysis of frequency (frq) clock gene homologs: Evidence for a helix-turn-helix transcription factor

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 253, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 401-414

  Lewis, M T ^a   Morgan, L W ^a   Feldman, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascomycete fungi; Circadian rhythms; Helix turn helix; Neurospora; Transcription

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; HELIX-TURN-HELIX MOTIFS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

FUNGI; HYPOCREA; HYPOCREA SPINULOSA; LEPTOSPHAERIA; LEPTOSPHAERIA AUSTRALIENSIS; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SORDARIA; SORDARIA FIMICOLA;

EID: 0031024823     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050338     Document Type: Article

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