pH regulation in Aspergillus and parallels with higher eukaryotic regulatory systems

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 224-231

  Arst Jr , Herbert N ^a   Peñalva, Miguel A ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUBITUS INTERRUPTUS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PACC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENVIRONMENT; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EUKARYOTE; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC REGULATION; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PH; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CUBITUS INTERRUPTUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 0037383273     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(03)00052-0     Document Type: Review

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