The nsdC gene encoding a putative C2H2-type transcription factor is a key activator of sexual development in Aspergillus nidulans

Genetics

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 771-783

  Kim, Hye Ryun ^a   Chae, Keon Sang ^b   Han, Kap Hoon ^c   Han, Dong Min ^a  

^a Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^c Woosuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEVER IN SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT C PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; LACTOSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRUITING BODY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPOROGENESIS; ZINC FINGER MOTIF; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRON; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; MYCELIUM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALIA; CLEISTOTHECIA; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

ACETATES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; INTRONS; LACTOSE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYCELIUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES, FUNGAL; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 70349328051     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.109.101667     Document Type: Article

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