Mutation of the gene for the second-largest subunit of RNA polymerase I prolongs the period length of the circadian conidiation rhythm in Neurospora crassa

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 264-271

  Onai, K ^a   Katagiri, S ^a   Akiyama, M ^a,b   Nakashima, H ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Neurospora crassa; Second largest subunit of RNA polymerase I; Temperature sensitivity; un 18

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE MUTATION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; MYCELIUM; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA POLYMERASE I; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TEMPERATURE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0031707474     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050812     Document Type: Article

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