Regulation of cyclic peptide biosynthesis and pathogenicity in Cochliobolus carbonum by TOXEp, a novel protein with a bZIP basic RNA-binding motif and four ankyrin repeats

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 260, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 462-469

  Ahn, J H ^a   Walton, J D ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochliobolus carbonum; HC toxin

Indexed keywords

ANKYRIN; CYCLOPEPTIDE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; MYCOTOXIN; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COCHLIOBOLUS CARBONUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS; GENE MUTATION; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANKYRINS; ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; COCHLIOBOLUS CARBONUM; FUNGI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032411993     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050917     Document Type: Article

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