Molecular characterization of mutants of the acetate regulatory gene facB of Aspergillus nidulans

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 92-102

  Todd, Richard B ^a,b   Kelly, Joan M ^a,c   Davis, Meryl A ^a   Hynes, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acetate metabolism; Ascomycete; Aspergillus; FacB; Gene regulation; Glyoxylate bypass; Transcription factor; Zn(ll)2cys6 (C6 zinc) binuclear cluster

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE; AMIDASE; CELL EXTRACT; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE (NADP); ISOCITRATE LYASE; MALATE SYNTHASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME STABILITY; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REGULATOR GENE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; THERMOSTABILITY;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 0031259678     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fgbi.1997.1007     Document Type: Article

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