Expression and compartmentation of the glucose repressor CRE1 from the phytopathogenic fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 266, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 252-259

  Vautard Mey, Géraldine ^a   Cotton, Pascale ^a   Fèvre, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

CRE1; Glucose repression; Nuclear localization; Sclerotinia sclerotiorum; Zinc finger protein

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PECTIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNGUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE;

ASCOMYCOTA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARBON; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; PECTINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

EID: 0033571628     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00857.x     Document Type: Article

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