Characterization of regulatory non-catalytic hexokinases in Aspergillus nidulans

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 277, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 519-532

  Bernardo, Stella M H ^a,c   Gray, Karen Ann ^a   Todd, Richard B ^b   Cheetham, Brian F ^a   Katz, Margaret E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon starvation; Extracellular protease; Mitochondrial hexokinases; Ndt80; Nutrient limitation; XprF

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GENE PRODUCT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEXOKINASE; HEXOKINASE D; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FUNGAL CELL; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DATABASE; MITOCHONDRION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECESSIVE GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLUCOSE; HEXOKINASE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34247329338     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-006-0203-z     Document Type: Article

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