Regulation by blue light and heat shock of gene transcription in the fungus Phycomyces: Proteins required for photoinduction and mechanism for adaptation to light

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1049-1059

  Rodríguez Romero, Julio ^a   Corrochano, Luis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONTROL; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEAT SHOCK; LIGHT ADAPTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PHYCOMYCETES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; LIGHT; PHOTORECEPTORS; PHOTOTROPISM; PHYCOMYCES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZINC FINGERS;

FUNGI; PHYCOMYCES; PHYCOMYCES BLAKESLEEANUS;

EID: 33746479100     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05293.x     Document Type: Article

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