Cloning and characterization of scon-3+, a new member of the Neurospora crassa sulfur regulatory system

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 875-883

  Sizemore, Steven T ^a   Paietta, John V ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARYLSULFATASES; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; LIGASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; POINT MUTATION; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SULFUR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0037657685     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.1.6.875-883.2002     Document Type: Article

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