TupA, the Penicillium marneffei Tup1p homologue, represses both yeast and spore development

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-94

  Todd, Richard B ^b   Greenhalgh, Jennifer R ^a   Hynes, Michael J ^b   Andrianopoulos, Alex ^b  

^a Stem Cell Sciences Ltd   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TUP1P; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TUPA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; YEAST CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PENICILLIUM; PHENOTYPE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES, FUNGAL; TEMPERATURE;

ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI;

EID: 0345269856     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03426.x     Document Type: Article

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