Transcriptional regulatory elements in fungal secondary metabolism

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 329-339

  Yin, Wenbing ^a   Keller, Nancy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

bZIP; genome mining; StuA; transcriptional regulatory elements; velvet complex; Zn(II)2Cys6

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REVIEW;

DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

FUNGI;

EID: 79959769183     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 12258873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12275-011-1009-1     Document Type: Review

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