Two Aspergillus nidulans genes encoding methylenetetrahydrofolate reductases are up-regulated by homocysteine

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 691-700

  Sieńko, Marzena ^a   Natorff, Renata ^a   Zieliński, Zbigniew ^b   Hejduk, Arkadiusz ^a   Paszewski, Andrzej ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^b NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase genes; Regulation by homocysteine

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); FUNGAL PROTEIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPREGULATION;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; UP-REGULATION;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 34249700264     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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