Null alleles of creA, the regulator of carbon catabolite repression in Aspergillus nidulans

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 28-38

  Shroff, Robert A ^a   O'Connor, Susan M ^a   Hynes, Michael J ^b   Lockington, Robin A ^a   Kelly, Joan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon catabolite repression; CreA; Mig1p; Transcriptional repressor; Zinc finger protein

Indexed keywords

CARBON; MUTANT PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 0031214324     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fgbi.1997.0989     Document Type: Article

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