AREA directly mediates nitrogen regulation of gibberellin biosynthesis in Gibberella fujikuroi, but its activity is not affected by NMR

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 975-991

  Mihlan, Martina ^a   Homann, Veronika ^a   Liu, Ta Wei D ^b   Tudzynski, Bettina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CHLORATE; CYTOCHROME P450 4A; DITERPENOID; GIBBERELLIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; KAURENE OXIDASE; NITROGEN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AREA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGUS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI; IN VIVO STUDY; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NITROGEN UTILIZATION; NMR GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; UIDA GENE;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GIBBERELLA; GIBBERELLINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NITROGEN; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMERICELLA NIDULANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; GIBBERELLA; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0037323820     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03326.x     Document Type: Article

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