The NIT2 nitrogen regulatory protein of Neurospora: Expression and stability of nit-2 mRNA and protein

Current Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 153-158

  Tao, Ying ^a   Marzluf, George A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurospora crassa; NIT2; Nitrogen regulation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NITROGEN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NITROGEN; PRECIPITIN TESTS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032843081     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050485     Document Type: Article

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