Promoters and their regulation in Ustilago maydis and other phytopathogenic fungi

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 254, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 208-216

  Basse, Christoph W ^a   Farfsing, Jan W ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Phytopathogenic fungi; Promoter structure; Transcriptional regulation; Ustilago maydis

Indexed keywords

DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PHEROMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; MATING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; USTILAGO MAYDIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; REVIEW; USTILAGO;

FUNGI; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; PLANT DISEASES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; USTILAGO;

EID: 33644868951     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2005.00046.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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