Roles of NUDE and NUDF proteins of Aspergillus nidulans: Insights from intracellular localization and overexpression effects

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 871-888

  Efimov, Vladimir P ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN NUDE; PROTEIN NUDF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; DYNEIN ATPASE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; NUDA;

EID: 0037341486     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E02-06-0359     Document Type: Article

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