The fungal opsin gene nop-1 is negatively-regulated by a component of the blue light sensing pathway and influences conidiation-specific gene expression in Neurospora crassa

Current Genetics

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 149-157

  Bieszke, Jennifer A ^a,c   Li, Liande ^b   Borkovich, Katherine A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DEVRY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue light; Conidiation; Green light; Microbial opsins; Photoinduction; White collar genes

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; OPSIN; PROTEIN AL 2; PROTEIN CON 10; PROTEIN CON 13; PROTEIN NOP 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE REPRESSION; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN METABOLISM; WILD TYPE;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; LIGHT; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, FUNGAL;

NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 34548329143     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-007-0148-8     Document Type: Article

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