Cooperative action of the NIT2 and NIT4 transcription factors upon gene expression in Neurospora crassa

Current Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 260-267

  Mo, Xiaokui ^a   Marzluf, George A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

NIT2; NIT4; Nitrate induction repression; Nitrate reductase; Sulfate permease

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN; PERMEASE; PROTEIN CYS 13; PROTEIN CYS 14; PROTEIN CYS3; PROTEIN NIT 3; PROTEIN NIT2; PROTEIN NIT4; REGULATOR PROTEIN; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; SULFUR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; METABOLIC REGULATION; MUTANT; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; STRUCTURAL GENE; WILD TYPE;

NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0037296345     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-002-0362-3     Document Type: Review

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