The Fusarium verticillioides FUM gene cluster encodes a Zn(II)2Cys6 protein that affects FUM gene expression and fumonisin production

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1210-1218

  Brown, Daren W ^a,b   Butchko, Robert A E ^a   Busman, Mark ^a   Proctor, Robert H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; FUMONISIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; ZINC;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FUMONISINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZEA MAYS; ZINC;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA MONILIFORMIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34447578947     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00400-06     Document Type: Article

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