Carbon regulation of ribosomal genes in Neurospora crassa occurs by a mechanism which does not require Cre-1, the homologue of the Aspergillus carbon catabolite repressor, CreA

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 253-269

  De La Serna, Ivana ^a   Ng, Dean ^a   Tyler, Brett M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altered specificity mutants; Carbon catabolite repression; DNA binding specificity; Ribosomal genes; Transcription; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

CARBON; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; DNA BINDING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0032855180     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fgbi.1999.1121     Document Type: Article

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