Isolation, characterization, and disruption of dnr1, the areA/nit-2 -like nitrogen regulatory gene of the zoophilic dermatophyte, Microsporum canis

Medical Mycology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 243-252

  Yamada, Tsuyoshi ^a   Makimura, Koichi ^a   Abe, Shigeru ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dermatophyte; Extracellular protease; Major nitrogen regulatory gene; Targeted gene disruption

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AREA PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNR1 PROTEIN; FUNGAL DNA; KERATIN; NIT 2 PROTEIN; NITROGEN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DERMATOPHYTE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DISRUPTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MICROSPORUM CANIS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WILD TYPE; ZINC FINGER MOTIF;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; MICROSPORUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; ZINC FINGERS;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; MICROSPORUM CANIS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 33646828523     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780500410909     Document Type: Article

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