Missense mutations that inactivate the Aspergillus nidulans nrtA gene encoding a high-affinity nitrate transporter

Genetics

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1369-1377

  Kinghorn, James R ^a,b   Sloan, Joan ^b   Kana'n, Ghassan J M ^a,c   DaSilva, Edisio R ^a,d   Rouch, Duncan A ^b,e   Unkles, Shiela E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NITRATE TRANSPORTER; PHENYLALANINE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTIC CELL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; STOP CODON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BINDING SITES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL PROTEINS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 17444412593     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.104.036590     Document Type: Article

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