A Pcl-like cyclin of Aspergillus nidulans is transcriptionally activated by developmental regulators and is involved in sporulation

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 4075-4088

  Schier, Niklas ^a   Liese, Ralf ^a   Fischer, Reinhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; CYCLINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL CYCLE; DELETION MUTANT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BASE SEQUENCE; CDC2 PROTEIN KINASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASES; CYCLINS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHENOTYPE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0034996509     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.21.12.4075-4088.2001     Document Type: Article

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