Aspergillus nidulans genes encoding reverse transsulfuration enzymes belong to homocysteine regulon

Current Genetics

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 561-570

  Sieńko, Marzena ^a   Natorff, Renata ^a   Owczarek, Sylwia ^a   Olewiecki, Igor ^a   Paszewski, Andrzej ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; Cystathionine synthase; Cystathionine lyase; Regulation by homocysteine; Transsulfuration

Indexed keywords

CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULON; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SULFATION AND DESULFURIZATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CULTURE MEDIA; CYSTATHIONINE BETA-SYNTHASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; HOMOCYSTEINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SULFUR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 70349986450     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-009-0269-3     Document Type: Review

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