The Aspergillus nidulans GATA transcription factor gene areB encodes at least three proteins and features three classes of mutation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 361-375

  Conlon, Helen ^a   Zadra, Ivo ^b   Haas, Hubertus ^a   Arst, Herbert N ^a   Jones, Meriel G ^b   Caddick, Mark X ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; PROTEIN AREB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CHIMERA; GENE FUSION; GENE MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GATA TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NITROGEN; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZINC FINGERS;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0035029546     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02399.x     Document Type: Article

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