A complex photoreceptor system mediates the regulation by light of the conidiation genes con-10 and con-6 in Neurospora crassa

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 352-363

  Olmedo, María ^a   Ruger Herreros, Carmen ^a   Luque, Eva M ^a   Corrochano, Luis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carotene; con 10; con 6; Conidiation; Cryptochrome; Photoreceptor; Phytochrome; Rhodopsin; ve 1; White collar complex

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCHROME; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PHYTOCHROME; PROTEIN CON 10; PROTEIN CON 6; PROTEIN CRY 1; PROTEIN NOP 1; PROTEIN PHY 2; PROTEIN VE 1; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RHODOPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVITY; ILLUMINATION; MYCELIUM; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPRESSOR GENE;

DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; LIGHT; MYCELIUM; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PHOTORECEPTORS, MICROBIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 77649190125     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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