Activation of the ustilagic acid biosynthesis gene cluster in ustilago maydis by the C2H2 zinc finger transcription factor rual▽

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2633-2640

  Teichmann, Beate ^a,b   Liu, Lidan ^a   Schink, Kay Oliver ^a   Bölker, Michael ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO SURFACTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS GENE CLUSTER; CELLOBIOSE; CLUSTER GENES; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DELETION ANALYSIS; GENE CLUSTERS; GLYCO LIPIDS; NITROGEN SOURCES; NITROGEN STARVATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE; OVER-EXPRESSION; SPECIFIC RECOGNITION; STRUCTURAL GENE; USTILAGIC ACIDS; YEAST ONE-HYBRID; ZINC FINGER; ZINC FINGER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ACIDS; BINDING ENERGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOCONTROL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; DNA; GENES; HYBRID SYSTEMS; RUTHENIUM ALLOYS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC;

TRANSCRIPTION;

FUNGAL DNA; GLYCOLIPID; SURFACTANT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

BIOCONTROL AGENT; DNA; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROORGANISM; NITROGEN; PATHOGEN; PROTEIN; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; FUNGAL GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; USTILAGO;

DNA, FUNGAL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GLYCOLIPIDS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; USTILAGO; ZINC FINGERS;

FUNGI; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 77950579869     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02211-09     Document Type: Article

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