Analysis of the Aspergillus nidulans thaumatin-like cet A gene and evidence for transcriptional repression of pyr4 expression in the cet A-disrupted strain

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 42-53

  Greenstein, Shulamit ^a   Shadkchan, Yona ^a   Jadoun, Jeries ^a   Sharon, Chaim ^a   Markovich, Sarit ^a   Osherov, Nir ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; Cell wall; Conidial enriched transcript; Conidial germination; Position effect; Secreted protein; Transcriptional repression

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; THAUMATIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CETA GENE; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGAL GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CARBOXY-LYASES; DOWN-REGULATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; HYPHAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 29844434868     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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