The Aspergillus nidulans stress response transcription factor StzA is ascomycete-specific and shows species-specific polymorphisms in the C-terminal region

Mycological Research

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1435-1446

  Chilton, I J ^a   Delaney, C E ^a   Barham Morris, J ^a   Fincham, D A ^a   Hooley, P ^a   Whitehead, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ace1; Aspergillus nidulans; cpcA; stzA

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID; FUNGUS; GENE; METABOLISM; POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN; ZINC;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BIOLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROMOTER REGION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ASCOMYCOTA; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; HYPOCREA; HYPOCREA JECORINA; PEZIZOMYCOTINA; SACCHAROMYCOTINA; TAPHRINOMYCOTINA;

EID: 56549109281     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: 14698102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2008.06.028     Document Type: Article

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