The Aspergillus nidulans sulphur regulatory gene sconB encodes a protein with WD40 repeats and an F-box

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 255-263

  Natorff, R ^a   Piotrowska, M ^a   Paszewski, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; F box; sconB; Sulphur regulation; WD repeats

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SULFUR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATOR GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BASE SEQUENCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SULFUR;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EUKARYOTA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031885006     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050646     Document Type: Article

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