Novel group VII histidine kinase HwHhk7B from the halophilic fungi Hortaea werneckii has a putative role in osmosensing

Current Genetics

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 393-405

  Lenassi, Metka ^a   Plemenitaš, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Histidine kinase; HOG pathway; Hortaea werneckii; Osmotolerance; Sln1 branch

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ISOENZYME; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; UROKINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MODEL; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SALT TOLERANCE; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, FUNGAL; HISTIDINE; ISOENZYMES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN KINASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; HORTAEA WERNECKII; PROKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 34249877421     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-007-0131-4     Document Type: Article

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