The Ustilago maydis Cys2His2-type zinc finger transcription factor Mzr1 regulates fungal gene expression during the biotrophic growth stage

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1450-1470

  Zheng, Yan ^a   Kief, Jan ^a   Auffarth, Kathrin ^a,b   Farfsing, Jan W ^a,c   Mahlert, Michael ^a   Nieto, Fernanda ^a   Basse, Christoph W ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c CAPGEMINI   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; PROTEIN BIZ1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MZR1; FUNGAL PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GROWTH CURVE; MIG1 GENE; MIG2 2 GENE; MIG2 3 GENE; MIG2 5 GENE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; USTILAGO MAYDIS; VEGETATIVE GROWTH; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSACTIVATION; USTILAGO;

FUNGI; USTILAGO MAYDIS; ZEA MAYS;

FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLANT DISEASES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; USTILAGO; ZEA MAYS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 44249103047     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06244.x     Document Type: Article

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