Mutational analysis of AREA, a transcriptional activator mediating nitrogen metabolite repression in Aspergillus nidulans and a member of the 'Streetwise' GATA family of transcription factors

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 586-596

  Wilson, Richard A ^a   Arst Jr , Herbert N ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CODON; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031664345     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.62.3.586-596.1998     Document Type: Review

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