Isolation of the carbon catabolite repressor (CREA) gene from the plant-pathogenic fungus Cochliobolus carbonum

DNA Sequence - Journal of DNA Sequencing and Mapping

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-107

  Tonukari, Nyerhovwo J ^a,b,c   Scott Craig, John S ^b   Walton, Jonathan D ^b  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Carbon catabolite repression; Cochliobolus carbonum; CREA; CreA

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN CREA; PROTEIN MIG1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; COCHLIOBOLUS CARBONUM; CREA GENE; ENZYME REGULATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS; GENE ISOLATION; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRICHODERMA REESEI; ZINC FINGER MOTIF;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; ZINC FINGERS;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; COCHLIOBOLUS CARBONUM; FUNGI; GIBBERELLA; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI; HYPOCREA JECORINA; MYXOGASTRIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM; TRICHODERMA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037380076     PISSN: 10425179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1042517031000073727     Document Type: Article

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