Molecular mechanism of light responses in Neurospora: From light-induced transcription to photoadaptation

Genes and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 2888-2899

  He, Qiyang ^a   Liu, Yi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian; Light; LOV domain; Phosphorylation; Photoadaptation; White collar 1

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; LIGHT ADAPTATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACCLIMATIZATION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; LIGHT; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PHOSPHORYLATION; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 28444464476     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1369605     Document Type: Article

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