Cloning and characterization of a general amino acid control transcriptional activator from the chestnut blight fungus Cryphonectria parasitica

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 81-94

  Wang, Ping ^a,b   Larson, Thomas G ^b,c   Chen, Chein Hwa ^b   Pawlyk, Diane M ^b,d   Clark, Julie A ^b   Nuss, Donald L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

^c US Patent and Trademark Office   (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

cpc 1; Cryphonectria parasitica; Dominant negative suppression; Gene regulation; General amino acid control pathway; Hypovirus; Transcription factor; Virulence

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN C FOS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; DIMERIZATION; FUNGUS; HIGHER PLANT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE C FOS; ONCOGENE C JUN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0031715288     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fgbi.1997.1023     Document Type: Article

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