Molecular cloning and functional characterization of avaB, a gene encoding Vam6p/Vps39p-like protein in Aspergillus nidulans

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 232, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 113-121

  Oka, Masanao ^a   Maruyama, Jun Ichi ^a   Arioka, Manabu ^a   Nakajima, Harushi ^a   Kitamoto, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillis nidulans; CFDA, 5 (and 6 )carboxy 2 ,7 dichlorofluorescein diacetate; CLH, clathrin homology; CNH, citron homology; EGFP, enhanced green fluorescent protein; Guanine nucleotide exchange factor; Vacuole; Vam6p Vps39p like protein

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CLATHRIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; OLIGOMER;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CITRON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CLATHRIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; INTRONS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RAB GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; VACUOLES;

ASPERGILLUS; CITRUS MEDICA; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 1542381028     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(04)00039-4     Document Type: Article

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