Hansenula polymorpha NMR2 and NMR4, two new loci involved in nitrogen metabolite repression

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1009-1017

  Rossi, Beatrice ^a   Manasse, Sonia ^a   Serrani, Federica ^a   Berardi, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hansenula polymorpha; Nitrate assimilation; Nitrogen metabolite repression; NMR genes

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITROGEN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; HANSENULA POLYMORPHA; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SENSOR; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REGULATOR; NITROGEN; PICHIA; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

PICHIA ANGUSTA;

EID: 27644453558     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsyr.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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