The carboxy-terminal portion of the aflatoxin pathway regulatory protein AFLR of Aspergillus parasiticus activates GAL1::lacZ gene expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2508-2512

  Chang, Perng Kuang ^a   Yu, Jiujiang ^a   Bhatnagar, Deepak ^a   Cleveland, Thomas E ^a  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; STERIGMATOCYSTIN;

ACIDITY; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DELETION MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; TRANSACTIVATION;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033050124     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.6.2508-2512.1999     Document Type: Article

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