Genetic and molecular analysis of phytochromes from the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2140-2152

  Froehlich, Allan C ^a,c   Noh, Bosl ^b,d   Vierstra, Richard D ^b   Loros, Jennifer ^a   Dunlap, Jay C ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PHYTOCHROME; PIGMENT; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN-HISTIDINE KINASE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXON; FUNGAL GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GENOME; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRON; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOPLASM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, FUNGAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXONS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; INTRONS; KINETICS; LIGHT; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYTOCHROME; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 29144528857     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.4.12.2140-2152.2005     Document Type: Article

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