Identification of a target gene for the bE-bW homeodomain protein complex in Ustilago maydis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 54-66

  Romeis, Tina ^a,b   Brachmann, Andreas ^a   Kahmann, Regine ^a   Kämper, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b SAINSBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DIMERIZATION; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; USTILAGO;

FUNGI; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 0033909813     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01978.x     Document Type: Review

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