Characterisation of the nitrite reductase gene (NII1) and the nitrate-assimilation gene cluster of Stagonospora (Septoria) nodorum

Current Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 282-289

  Cutler, Simon B ^a   Caten, Christopher E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene cluster; Nitrate reductase; Nitrite reductase; Stagonospora nodorum

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRITE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; FUNGUS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTRON; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; GENES, FUNGAL; INTRONS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASES; NITRATES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; PHAEOSPHAERIA NODORUM; STAGONOSPORA;

EID: 0032751472     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050502     Document Type: Article

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