Characterization of IDI-4, a bZIP transcription factor inducing autophagy and cell in the fungus Podospora anserina

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1625-1640

  Dementhon, Karine ^a,b   Saupe, Sven J ^a   Clavé, Corinne ^a  

^a Institut de Biochimie et Genetique Cellulaires   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; IDI 4 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BZIP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATG8 GENE; AUTOPHAGY; CELL DEATH; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC INCOMPATIBILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HETEROKARYON; HETEROKARYON INCOMPATIBILITY; IDI 4 GENE; IDI 7 GENE; IDI GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PODOSPORA ANSERINA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SHAPE; CODON, INITIATOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HEAT; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PODOSPORA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

FUNGI; PODOSPORA; PODOSPORA ANSERINA;

EID: 4644337939     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04235.x     Document Type: Article

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