Regulation of freA, acoA, lysF, and cycA expression by iron availability in Aspergillus nidulans

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 5769-5772

  Oberegger, Harald ^a   Schoeser, Michelle ^a   Zadra, Ivo ^a   Schrettl, Markus ^a   Parson, Walther ^a   Haas, Hubertus ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; GENES; GROWTH KINETICS; IRON; PROTEINS;

GENES ENCODING PROTEINS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN ACOA; PROTEIN CYCA; PROTEIN FREA; PROTEIN LYSF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

FUNGUS;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IRON DEPLETION; IRON STORAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; UPREGULATION;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0036840316     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.11.5769-5772.2002     Document Type: Article

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