The hxB gene, necessary for the post-translational activation of purine hydroxylases in Aspergillus nidulans, is independently controlled by the purine utilization and the nicotinate utilization transcriptional activating systems

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1065-1073

  Amrani, Laïla ^a   Cecchetto, Gianna ^a,b   Scazzocchio, Claudio ^a   Glatigny, Annie ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC ACID; OXYGENASE; PURINE; URIC ACID;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BASE SEQUENCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NIACIN; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PURINES; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; URIC ACID;

ASPERGILLUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0033040804     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01242.x     Document Type: Article

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