Suppressor mutagenesis identifies a velvet complex remediator of Aspergillus nidulans secondary metabolism

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1816-1824

  Shaaban, Mona I ^a,b   Bok, Jin Woo ^a   Lauer, Carrie ^a   Keller, Nancy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FUNGAL PROTEIN; STERIGMATOCYSTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STERIGMATOCYSTIN; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 78649845377     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00189-10     Document Type: Article

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