Photomorphogenesis in the hypogeous fungus Tuber borchii: Isolation and characterization of Tbwc-1, the homologue of the blue-light photoreceptor of Neurospora crassa

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 688-697

  Ambra, R ^a,b   Grimaldi, B ^a   Zamboni, S ^a,c   Filetici, P ^a   Macino, G ^a   Ballario, P ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blue light; Hypogeous life; Photomorphogenesis; Photoreceptor; Signal transduction; Tuber borchii; White collar 1

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; POLYGLUTAMINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUBER BORCHII WHITE COLLAR 1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCELIAL GROWTH; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEADY STATE; TUBER BORCHII;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; LIGHT; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; MYCELIUM; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PHOTORECEPTORS, MICROBIAL; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; TUBER (TRUFFLE); TUBER BORCHII;

EID: 2942616861     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2004.02.004     Document Type: Article

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