SclR, a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor, regulates hyphal morphology and promotes sclerotial formation in Aspergillus oryzae

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 945-955

  Jin, Feng Jie ^a   Takahashi, Tadashi ^a   Matsushima, Ken Ichiro ^a   Hara, Seiichi ^a   Shinohara, Yasutomo ^a   Maruyama, Jun Ichi ^b   Kitamoto, Katsuhiko ^b   Koyama, Yasuji ^a  

^a Noda Institute for Scientific Research   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; CYTOLOGY; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DNA PRIMERS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HYPHAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; FUNGI; SCLEROTIUM (ASCOMYCOTA);

EID: 79960120484     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00013-11     Document Type: Article

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