Tandem KH domains of Khd4 recognize AUACCC and are essential for regulation of morphology as well as pathogenicity in Ustilago maydis

RNA

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2206-2218

  Vollmeister, Evelyn ^a   Haag, Carl ^a   Zarnack, Kathi ^a   Baumann, Sebastian ^a   König, Julian ^a,c   Mannhaupt, Gertrud ^b   Feldbrügge, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

K homology domain; Microarray; Plant pathogen; Three hybrid screen

Indexed keywords

KHD4 PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; IN VIVO STUDY; INDEL MUTATION; MORPHOLOGY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE; RNA BINDING; RNA STABILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; USTILAGO;

USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 73249137790     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.1817609     Document Type: Article

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