Differential expression of Aspergillus nidulans ammonium permease genes is regulated by GATA transcription factor AreA

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 226-237

  Monahan, Brendon J ^a,b   Askin, Marion C ^a   Hynes, Michael J ^a   Davis, Meryl A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREA PROTEIN, ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CARRIER PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; TAMA PROTEIN, ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGAL GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GATA TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 32944471695     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.5.2.226-237.2006     Document Type: Article

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