A Zn(II)2Cys6 DNA binding protein regulates the sirodesmin PL biosynthetic gene cluster in Leptosphaeria maculans

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 671-682

  Fox, Ellen M ^a   Gardiner, Donald M ^b   Keller, Nancy P ^c   Howlett, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; ETP; Gliotoxin; Leptosphaeria; Sirodesmin; Toxin; Zn(II)2Cys6

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; GLIOTOXIN; GLIZ PROTEIN; PLGLIZ PROTEIN; SIRODESMIN; SIRZ PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGAL RNA; MESSENGER RNA; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BINDING SITE; BIOINFORMATICS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LEPTOSPHAERIA MACULAN; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIUM; PLANT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ORDER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; LEPTOSPHAERIA; LEPTOSPHAERIA MACULANS; PENICILLIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING SITES; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE ORDER; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PIPERAZINES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 41649096709     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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