Aspergillus nidulans catalase-peroxidase gene (cpeA) is transcriptionally induced during sexual development through the transcription factor StuA

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 725-735

  Scherer, Mario ^a   Wei, Huijun ^a   Liese, Ralf ^a   Fischer, Reinhard ^a,b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOSPHAERELLA GRAMINICOLA; MYXOGASTRIA; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM SIMPLICISSIMUM; PROKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEPTORIA;

CARBON; CATALASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PEROXIDASE; PYRROLINE 5 CARBOXYLATE REDUCTASE; STUA PROTEIN, FUNGUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON; CATALASE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEROXIDASE; PYRROLINE CARBOXYLATE REDUCTASES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0036777064     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.1.5.725-735.2002     Document Type: Article

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