Protein kinase C modulates light responses in Neurospora by regulating the blue light photoreceptor WC-1

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 334-345

  Franchi, Lisa ^a,b   Fulci, Valerio ^a   Macino, Giuseppe ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROSPORA PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN KINASE C; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WHITE COLLAR 1 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIGHT ADAPTATION; NEUROSPORA; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; LIGHT; NEUROSPORA; PROTEIN KINASE C; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

NEUROSPORA;

EID: 17144413003     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04545.x     Document Type: Article

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