Regulatory genes controlling fatty acid catabolism and peroxisomal functions in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 794-805

  Hynes, Michael J ^a   Murray, Sandra L ^a   Duncan, Anna ^a   Khew, Gillian S ^a   Davis, Meryl A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FATTY ACID; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMISTRY; DNA FLANKING REGION; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEROXISOME; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REGULATOR GENE; SACCHAROMYCES; YARROWIA;

5' FLANKING REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEROXISOMES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCETALES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; YARROWIA; ZINC FINGERS;

ANIMALIA; ASCOMYCOTA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DEBARYOMYCES HANSENII; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EREMOTHECIUM; FUNGI; KLUYVEROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

EID: 33744933445     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.5.5.794-805.2006     Document Type: Article

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