A homologue of the transcriptional repressor Ssn6p antagonizes cAMP signalling in Ustilago maydis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 719-730

  Loubradou, Gabriel ^a   Brachmann, Andreas ^b   Feldbrügge, Michael ^c   Kahmann, Regine ^c  

^a EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CYCLIC AMP; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; USTILAGO;

EID: 0034999687     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02424.x     Document Type: Article

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