SOR1, a gene required for photosensitizer and singlet oxygen resistance in Cercospora fungi, is highly conserved in divergent organisms

Molecular Cell

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 603-609

  Ehrenshaft, M ^a   Jenns, A E ^a   Chung, K R ^a   Daub, M E ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CERCOSPORIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; OXYGEN; PDX1 PROTEIN, CERCOSPORA NICOTIANAE; PERYLENE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, FUNGAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; OXYGEN; PERYLENE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032015703     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80060-X     Document Type: Article

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