Distinct white collar-1 genes control specific light responses in Mucor circinelloides

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1023-1037

  Silva, Fátima ^a   Torres Martínez, Santiago ^a   Garre, Victoriano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLUE LIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; KNOCKOUT GENE; LIGHT; MUCOR; NEUROSPORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTROPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CAROTENOIDS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUCOR; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOTROPISM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

FUNGI; MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 33746482743     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05291.x     Document Type: Article

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