Deletion of the unique gene encoding a typical histone H1 has no apparent phenotype in Aspergillus nidulans

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 223-233

  Ramón, Ana ^a   Muro Pastor, María Isabel ^a,b   Scazzocchio, Claudio ^a   Gonzalez, Ramon ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b Universidad de Sevilla CSIC   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE FERMENTACIONES INDUSTRIALES CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H1;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE FUSION; INTRON; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; HISTONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033972221     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01702.x     Document Type: Article

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